Prescribing Pattern in Outpatient Departments of Two Tertiary Care Teaching Hospitals in Dhaka.

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dc.contributor.authorBegum, Halima
dc.contributor.authorRowshan, Mahfuza Mazeda
dc.contributor.authorKhanom, Sayeda
dc.contributor.authorHaque, Shammin
dc.contributor.authorAfroze, Farhana
dc.contributor.authorDina, Ashrafun Naher
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-16T09:23:59Z
dc.date.available2016-02-16T09:23:59Z
dc.date.issued2015-09
dc.description.abstractBackground: Medically inappropriate, ineffective and economically inefficient use of drugs is very common in our country. About 40% or more drugs expenditure may be wasted through irrational prescribing and dispensing. The need for promoting rational use of drugs is not only because of economic considerations; also it is an essential element for achieving quality of the health and medical care for patients and the community. For this purpose a cross sectional study was carried out among the individuals attending the outpatient departments (OPD) of Medicine, Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Orthopedics, Dermatology & Venereology, Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology of two tertiary care teaching hospitals of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Objective: To observe the prescribing pattern in outpatient departments of two tertiary care teaching hospitals (Dhaka) by using World Health Organization (WHO) core prescribing indicators. Materials and Methods: Six hundred prescriptions of patients attending the OPD of Medicine, Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Orthopedics, Dermatology & Venereology, Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology of Enam Medical College Hospital (private hospital) and Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital (public hospital) were collected randomly on working days from April to September 2014. Then the prescriptions were analyzed by following the “Prescribing indicators form” as recommended by the International Organization of Rational Use of Drugs (INRUD)/WHO. Results: Average number of drugs per prescription was significantly high (3.07 in public hospital and 3.00 in private hospital). Generic prescribing was significantly lower in private hospital (4.00%) than that in public hospital (21.00%). Antibiotic prescription was higher in private hospital (42.35%). Injection prescribed in public hospital was 5.74% whereas 5.66% in private hospital. Drugs prescribed from Essential Drug List of Bangladesh were less in both the hospitals (42.85% in public hospital and 40.06% in private hospital). Conclusion: Average number of drugs per prescription was higher in both hospitals. Generic prescribing was lower in private hospital and prescribing from EDL was low in both hospitals.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBegum Halima, Rowshan Mahfuza Mazeda, Khanom Sayeda, Haque Shammin, Afroze Farhana, Dina Ashrafun Naher. Prescribing Pattern in Outpatient Departments of Two Tertiary Care Teaching Hospitals in Dhaka. Journal of Enam Medical College. 2015 Sept; 5(3): 157-160.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2227-6688
dc.identifier.issn2304-9316
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/173070
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JEMC/article/view/24747en_US
dc.subjectPublic hospitalen_US
dc.subjectPrivate hospitalen_US
dc.subjectGeneric prescribingen_US
dc.titlePrescribing Pattern in Outpatient Departments of Two Tertiary Care Teaching Hospitals in Dhaka.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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