Table 4 Distribution of antimicrobials and antibacterial agents per encounter in prescriptions dispensed from Jan 1 - Dec 31 2016 at four governmental hospitals of Harar town
No. per encounter | HFSUH (n = 600) | FHPH (n = 600) | JH (n = 600) | SECIIIH (n = 600) | Overall (n = 2400) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AMA | ABA | AMA | ABA | AMA | ABA | AMA | ABA | AMA | ABA | |
One | 267 (44.5) | 292 (43.5) | 300 (50.0) | 319 (53.2) | 274 (35.7) | 303 (50.5) | 390 (65.0) | 374 (62.3) | 1231 (51.29) | 1288 (53.67) |
Two | 85 (14.2) | 46 (7.7) | 96 (16.0) | 61 (10.2) | 97 (16.2) | 50 (8.3) | 55 (9.2) | 17 (2.8) | 333 (13.87) | 174 (7.25) |
Three | 10 (1.7) | 1 (0.2) | 11 (1.8) | 3 (0.5) | 13 (2.2) | 6 (1) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 35 (1.45) | 10 (0.41) |
Four | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 | 0 |
Five | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 0(0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 | 1 |
Total Rxa | 363 | 339 | 410 | 384 | 386 | 359 | 446 | 391 | 1605Â (66.9%) | 1473Â (61.4%) |
Total drugs | 471 | 387 | 538 | 455 | 515 | 421 | 558 | 408 | 2082 | 1671 |
Average drug per encounter | 1.30 | 1.14 | 1.31 | 1.18 | 1.33 | 1.17 | 1.25 | 1.04 | 1.29 (±0.03) | 1.13 (±0.08) |