Utilization Analysis of National Essential Medicines in Antibiotics in 3 Second-level General Hospitals from Chongming Area of Shanghai from 2011 to 2013 / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for promoting the rational use of national essential medicines in antibiotics. METHODS:The use of national essential drugs in antibiotics in 3 second-level general hospitals from Chongming area of Shanghai from 2011 to 2013 were statistically analyzed. RESULTS:The sales amount of antibiotics was in an increasing trend,with an aver-age growth rate of 28.16%;while the proportion of sales amount accounted for the total sales amount of drugs were still relatively low,with an average growth rate of 2.16%. The proportion of total sales amount of top 3 antibiotics from 2011 to 2013 accounted for the total sales amount of drugs were respectively 87.92%,93.60% and 95.54%,with an increasing trend;while compared with 2011,the DDDs of national essential medicines in antibiotics was decreased a little during 2012-2013;the top 2 DDDs were Cefuroxime axetil tablets and Amoxicillin capsules,the top 1 sales amount was Cefuroxime sodium for injection. Varieties with the sales amount/ DDDs close to 1 were relatively less,indicating that the sales amount of drugs and the number of drug use was not synchronous. CONCLUSIONS:There are still some problems in the utilization of national essential medicines in antibiotics. It needs to be continuously improved in the related work to further improve medication rationality and economy,and progressively re-alize the institutionalized and normalized antibiotics in clinical use management.