Rao P H, Kabra S G
Administrative Staff College of India, Bella Vista, Khairatabad, Hyderabad - 500 082, India.
Indian J Pharm Sci. 2010 May;72(3):404-8. doi: 10.4103/0250-474X.70498.
A prescription audit was carried out among the outpatient attendees of 31 secondary level hospitals under Maharashtra Health Systems Development Project. Use of drugs and cost of treatment of diarrhoea were studied using the prescriptions for diarrhoea collected for the prescription audit. Average number of drugs prescribed per prescription for treatment of diarrhoea was 3.7. It was higher than average number of drugs per prescription in the Maharashtra Health Systems Development Project hospitals in general. About three fourths of the prescriptions contained oral rehydration salts. Furazolidone and metronidazole were prescribed in about half of the prescriptions. Cotrimoxazole was prescribed in about one fourth of prescriptions. About 60% of the prescriptions contained other drugs. The average cost of prescription for diarrhoea was Rs. 14 and increased with the number of drugs prescribed. Average cost of prescription was the highest for those written by general practitioners. Pathological tests were indicated only in case of 11%.
在马哈拉施特拉邦卫生系统发展项目下的31家二级医院的门诊患者中进行了一次处方审核。利用为处方审核收集的腹泻处方,研究了腹泻用药情况和治疗费用。治疗腹泻的每张处方平均开药数量为3.7种。这高于马哈拉施特拉邦卫生系统发展项目医院一般每张处方的平均开药数量。约四分之三的处方含有口服补液盐。约一半的处方中开了呋喃唑酮和甲硝唑。约四分之一的处方中开了复方新诺明。约60%的处方含有其他药物。腹泻处方的平均费用为14卢比,且随开药数量增加而增加。全科医生开具的处方平均费用最高。仅11%的病例显示进行了病理检查。