Core drug use indicators | Optimal values |
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 Prescribing indicators | |
  Average number of medicines prescribed per patient encounter | 1.6–1.8 |
  Percent medicines prescribed by generic name | 100 |
  Percent encounters with an antibiotic prescribed | 20.0–26.8 |
  Percent encounters with an injection prescribed | 13.4–24.1 |
  Percent medicines prescribed from essential medicines list or formulary | 100 |
 Patient-care indicators | |
  Average consultation time (minutes) | ≥10 |
  Average dispensing time (seconds) | ≥90 |
  Percent medicines actually dispensed | 100 |
  Percent medicines adequately labeled | 100 |
  Percent patients with knowledge of correct doses | 100 |
 Facility-specific indicators | |
  Availability of essential medicines list or formulary to practitioners | 100 |
  Percent key medicines available | 100 |