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Table 2 Indicators used in the Prescribing Analysis System (PAS)

From: Between government policy, clinical autonomy, and market demands: a qualitative study of the impact of the Prescribing Analysis System on behavior of physicians in South Korea

Categories

Indicators

Injections

Injection prescription rate

Antibiotics

Antibiotic prescription rate (all diseases)

Prescription rate for acute upper respiratory infections

No. of drugs per prescription

No. of drugs per prescription (for all diseases)

No. of drugs per prescription (respiratory diseases)

No. of drugs per prescription (musculoskeletal diseases)

Prescription rate with 6 or more items

Prescription rate of digestive medicines

Medication cost per day of use

Medication cost per day of use

Prescribing expensive medications

Proportion of prescribing of high-priced medicines

Proportion of cost of high-priced medicines

NSAIDsa and steroids for osteoarthritis

Duplicate prescription rate for NSAIDs

Prescription rate for steroids

  1. aNSAIDs Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs