Primary Healthcare Centersa | Prescribing Indicators | ||||
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Average number of medicines prescribed per patient encounter | Percent medicines prescribed by generic name | Percent encounters with an antibiotic prescribed | Percent encounters with an injection prescribed | Percent medicines prescribed from essential medicines list | |
1 | 3.4 (1.4) | 81.2 | 64.0 | 38.0 | 98.5 |
2 | 3.6 (1.5) | 85.1 | 63.0 | 32.0 | 87.6 |
3 | 3.4 (1.3) | 83.0 | 87.0 | 21.0 | 89.2 |
4 | 3.2 (3.1) | 43.7 | 40.0 | 18.0 | 90.7 |
5 | 3.2 (1.4) | 88.5 | 56.0 | 30.0 | 100 |
6 | 1.9 (1.0) | 50.0 | 31.0 | 25.0 | 100 |
7 | 5.0 (2.3) | 60.0 | 30.0 | 9.0 | 80.5 |
8 | 4.3 (2.4) | 76.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 100 |
9 | 2.9 (0.7) | 66.7 | 29.0 | 43.0 | 100 |
10 | 3.4 (1.1) | 82.0 | 61.0 | 27.0 | 87.9 |
Mean (SD) | 3.4 (0.8) | 71.6 (15.7) | 48.9 (20.2) | 27.1 (9.8) | 93.4 (7.1) |
ANOVA | p < .0005 | p < .0005 | p < .0005 | p < .0005 | p < .0005 |