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Prescribing indicators
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Average number of medicines prescribed per encountera
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Percentage of medicines prescribed by generic name
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Percentage of encountersb with an antibiotic prescribed
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Percentage of encountersb with an injection prescribed
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Percentage of medicines prescribed from an essential medicines list
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WHO reference values [12, 13]
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<2
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100 %
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<30 %
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<20 %
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100 %
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Facility type
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All
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3.1 (IQR 2.3–4.8)
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68.0 % (IQR 55.4–80.3)
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46.8 % (IQR 33.7–62.8)
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25.0 % (IQR 18.7–39.5)
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88.0 % (IQR 76.3–94.1)
|
|
n = 138,671
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n = 121,797
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n = 120,422
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n = 40,096
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n = 33,140
|
|
Publica
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2.6 (IQR 2.2–4.7)
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68.9 % (IQR 57.6–84.5)
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45.0 % (IQR 30.1–60.2)
|
25.6 % (IQR 14.1–4.8)
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89.9 % (82.9–95.6)
|
|
n = 44,596
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n = 28,046
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n = 26,071
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n = 28,400
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n = 23,044
|
|
Privatea
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2.5 (IQR 2.3–3.2)
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61.3 % (IQR 47.7–75.7)
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51.3 % (IQR 37.5–66.6)
|
29.0 % (IQR 19.0–39.5)
|
84.0 % (IQR 69.8–91.9)
|
|
n = 92,475
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n = 92,151
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n = 92,751
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n = 10,096
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n = 8496
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Studies publication period
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1995–2005
|
2.4 (IQR 2.3–4.0)
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64.2 % (IQR 51.9–77.9)
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43.1 % (IQR 33.7–61.7)
|
25.0 % (IQR 17.1–41.4)
|
87.1 % (IQR 84.9–92.0)
|
|
n = 25,289
|
n = 13,949
|
n = 15,971
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n = 14,549
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n = 10,324
|
|
2006–2015
|
3.5 (IQR 2.2–5.6)
|
70.4 % (IQR 60.7-81.1)
|
49.0 % (IQR 37.8–63.1)
|
24.8 % (IQR 18.7–37.4)
|
88.9 % (IQR 70.8–94.0)
|
|
n = 113,382
|
n = 107,848
|
n = 104,451
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n = 25,547
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n = 22,816
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- IQR interquartile range, n total number of patient encounters used in analysis, aexcludes Ahiabu et al. [32] which did not provide individual results for public and private facilities
