Assessment of private health sector prescribing patterns and adherence to prescription format using World Health Organization core drug use indicators in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 2 The prescription practice based on the sources of prescription in private healthcare facilities (N = 1,200 prescriptions)

Prescribing indicators	Source of prescription
	Hospital		Clinic
	Total drugs/prescriptions	Average/percent	Total drugs/prescriptions	Average/percent
Average number of drugs per encounter		1.78		1.85
Drugs prescribed by generic name	425	19.4%	1006	46%
Average number of antibiotics per encounter	0.81	0.699	0.72	0.667
Prescriptions with injection prescribed	28	2.3%	109	9.1%
Number of prescribed drugs from Ethiopian EML	607	27.7%	1123	51%

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