Table 3 Proportion of prescriptions with CPM and western medicine of the top 10 common diseases (%)
From: Outpatient prescription practices in rural township health centers in Sichuan Province, China
Rank | Diagnoses | Number of Chinese patent medicine | Number of western medicine | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ≥5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ≥6 |
1 | Upper respiratory tract infection | 23.34 | 45.35 | 26.00 | 4.74 | 0.19 | 0.38 | 0.15 | 3.24 | 8.47 | 24.81 | 25.73 | 21.11 | 16.49 |
2 | Gastroenteritis | 32.43 | 45.56 | 19.31 | 1.93 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.00 | 2.92 | 7.02 | 23.98 | 28.65 | 21.35 | 16.08 |
3 | The common cold | 18.64 | 57.27 | 18.64 | 4.55 | 0.00 | 0.91 | 1.18 | 2.76 | 11.81 | 22.05 | 23.62 | 24.02 | 14.57 |
4 | COPD | 20.75 | 53.46 | 23.27 | 2.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.02 | 6.06 | 18.69 | 25.25 | 22.73 | 25.26 |
5 | Female genital diseases | 25.00 | 43.52 | 23.15 | 7.41 | 0.93 | 0.00 | 0.68 | 7.53 | 13.70 | 18.49 | 21.23 | 17.81 | 20.55 |
6 | Pneumonia | 17.14 | 55.71 | 18.57 | 4.29 | 2.86 | 1.43 | 1.16 | 1.16 | 3.49 | 12.79 | 18.60 | 19.77 | 43.02 |
7 | Rheumatoid arthritis | 21.82 | 50.91 | 25.45 | 1.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.25 | 5.00 | 8.75 | 16.25 | 30.00 | 23.75 | 15.00 |
8 | Other digestive tract diseases | 42.59 | 42.59 | 12.96 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.85 | 2.74 | 4.11 | 20.55 | 20.55 | 23.29 | 12.33 | 16.44 |
9 | Dental diseases | 28.85 | 46.15 | 23.08 | 1.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.94 | 12.70 | 25.40 | 19.05 | 17.46 | 17.46 |
10 | Hypertension | 6.00 | 62.00 | 30.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.84 | 14.75 | 32.79 | 11.48 | 9.84 | 21.31 |