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Table 3 WHO/INRUD patient-care and facility-specific indicators in selected primary healthcare centers of the Bahawalpur district, Punjab, Pakistan

From: Assessment of core drug use indicators using WHO/INRUD methodology at primary healthcare centers in Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Primary Healthcare Centers

Patient-Care Indicators

Facility-Specific Indicators

Average consultation time (minutes)

Average dispensing time (seconds)

Percent medicines actually dispensed

Percent medicines adequately labeled

Percent patients with knowledge of correct doses

Availability of essential medicines list to practitioners

Percent key medicines available

1

2.3 (1.5)

43.1 (34.7)

87.3

100.0

67.0

100.0

90.0

2

2.5 (1.2)

43.0 (17.1)

91.1

100.0

77.0

100.0

70.0

3

2.4 (1.0)

36.7 (10.8)

91.2

100.0

77.0

100.0

80.0

4

0.7 (0.4)

15.5 (7.7)

100.0

100.0

30.0

100.0

90.0

5

2.1 (0.8)

42.6 (16)

85.8

100.0

67.0

100.0

80.0

6

1.3 (0.6)

31.3 (14)

68.3

100.0

33.0

100.0

80.0

7

2.9 (1.4)

30.9 (10.5)

100.0

100.0

53.0

100.0

70.0

8

2.1 (1.2)

36.9 (25.8)

91.5

100.0

64.0

100.0

90.0

9

3.6 (1.1)

63.3 (50.7)

100.0

100.0

90.0

100.0

90.0

10

2.1 (1.0)

37.1 (20.6)

93.6

100.0

63.0

100.0

80.0

Mean (SD)

2.2 (0.8)

38.0 (12.1)

90.9 (9.5)

100.0

62.1 (19)

100.0

82.0 (7.9)

ANOVA

p < .0005

p < .0005

p < .0005

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p < .0005

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p < .0005

  1. aANOVA was not applied for these indicators as there was no variation in their values