Table 1 WHO prescribing indicator in the prescription survey among private community pharmacies (N = 1000 prescriptions)

Average number of drugs per encounter (SD)

1.77 (0.8)

1.6–1.8

Percentage of drugs in generic name N (%)

678(67.8)

100

Percentage of injections N (%)

18(1.8)

13.4–24.1

Percentage of Antibiotics N (%)

714 (71.0)

20.0–26.8

Percentage of drugs from the Ethiopian essential medicine list (EML) or formulary N (%)

996 (99.6)

100