Table 3 Completeness of prescriptions among prescriber and dispenser private healthcare facilities (N = 1,200 prescriptions)
Patient information | Treatment information | Professional information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prescribers | Dispensers | ||||||
Variable | N (%) | Variable | N (%) | Variable | N (%) | Variable | N (%) |
Full name | 1187 (98.9) | Drug name | 1193 (99.4) | Full name | 439 (36.6) | Full name | 109 (9.1) |
Drug strength | 1059 (88.3) | ||||||
Sex | 1156 (96.3) | Dose | 1022 (85.2) | Qualification | 309 (25.8) | Qualification | 15 (1.3) |
Age | 1143 (95.3) | Frequency | 1170 (97.5) | Date of prescription | 957 (79.8) | Date of dispensing | 8 (0.7) |
Weight | 28 (2.3) | Duration | 1084 (90.3) | Signature | 1,127 (94) | Signature | 322 (26.8) |
Card No | 651 (54.3) | Dosage form | 426 (35.5) | All completed per prescription* | 270 (22.5) | All completed per prescription* | 0 (0.0) |
All completed per prescription* | 16 (1.3) | Diagnosis | 380 (31.7) | Â | |||
How to use | 1048 (87.3) | ||||||
All completed per prescription* | 100 (8.4%) | ||||||