Table 2 Comparison between the uses of medicine for URTIs in the study are against the WHO standard
Prescribing indicator | Value | WHO standard |
|---|---|---|
Total number of patients prescriptions analysed | 270 | ≥ 100 |
Total number of medicines prescribed | 839 | – |
Average number of medicines prescribed per encounter | 3.1 | ≤ 2 |
% Medicines prescribed by generic | 93.8 | 100 |
% Patient encounters with antibiotics prescribed | 28.2 | ≤ 30 |
% of patient encounters with injections prescribed | 0.4 | ≤ 10 |
% of medicines prescribed from essential medicines list or formulary | 94.9 | 100 |