Table 4 Summary of prescribing indicators at PHCs within the WHO African region
Prescribing indicators | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average number of medicines prescribed per encountera | Percentage of medicines prescribed by generic name | Percentage of encountersb with an antibiotic prescribed | Percentage of encountersb with an injection prescribed | Percentage of medicines prescribed from an essential medicines list | |
<2 | 100 % | <30 % | <20 % | 100 % | |
Facility type | |||||
All | 3.1 (IQR 2.3–4.8) | 68.0 % (IQR 55.4–80.3) | 46.8 % (IQR 33.7–62.8) | 25.0 % (IQR 18.7–39.5) | 88.0 % (IQR 76.3–94.1) |
n = 138,671 | n = 121,797 | n = 120,422 | n = 40,096 | n = 33,140 | |
Publica | 2.6 (IQR 2.2–4.7) | 68.9 % (IQR 57.6–84.5) | 45.0 % (IQR 30.1–60.2) | 25.6 % (IQR 14.1–4.8) | 89.9 % (82.9–95.6) |
n = 44,596 | n = 28,046 | n = 26,071 | n = 28,400 | n = 23,044 | |
Privatea | 2.5 (IQR 2.3–3.2) | 61.3 % (IQR 47.7–75.7) | 51.3 % (IQR 37.5–66.6) | 29.0 % (IQR 19.0–39.5) | 84.0 % (IQR 69.8–91.9) |
n = 92,475 | n = 92,151 | n = 92,751 | n = 10,096 | n = 8496 | |
Studies publication period | |||||
1995–2005 | 2.4 (IQR 2.3–4.0) | 64.2 % (IQR 51.9–77.9) | 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 | n = 14,549 | 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 | n = 25,547 | n = 22,816 | |