Performance Indicators | Study Reference | Mean | |||||||||
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[54] | [55] | [6] | [41] | [28] | [48] | [42] | [36] | [49] | |||
Average number of medicines prescribed per patient encounter | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
Percent medicines prescribed by generic name | 74.0 | 61.2 | 5.1 | 95.4 | 75.5 | 63.1 | 99.0 | 79.4 | 99.8 | 10.1 | 66.3 |
Percent encounters with an antibiotic prescribed | 37.0 | 32.2 | 60.9 | 39.2 | 35.4 | 54.2 | 43.0 | 24.9 | 66.0 | 33.0 | 42.6 |
Percent encounters with an injection prescribed | 11.0 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 9.9 | 19.0 | 38.0 | 18.0 | 10.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 11.4 |
Percent medicines prescribed from EML | 78.0 | 99.2 | 93.0 | 95.4 | 87.1 | 75.6 | 98.8 | 90.3 | 99.7 | 65.2 | 88.2 |
Average consultation time (minutes) | 5.8 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 5.0 |
Average dispensing time (seconds) | 17.0 | 100 | 28.8 | 47.4 | 39.9 | 18.1 | 37.0 | 78.0 | 234 | 258 | 85.8 |
Percent medicines actually dispensed | 66.0 | 99.6 | 81.8 | 95.9 | 91.6 | 99.1 | 84.5 | 83.4 | 100 | 81.0 | 88.3 |
Percent medicines adequately labeled | 63.0 | 10.0 | 91.4 | 0.0 | 87.6 | 55.9 | 86.2 | 70.1 | 0.0 | 99.4 | 56.4 |
Percent patients with knowledge of correct doses | 54.0 | 79.3 | 77.7 | 94.0 | 96.1 | 86.5 | 81.7 | 72.1 | 55.0 | 74.3 | 77.1 |
Availability of EML to practitioners | 50.0 | 90.0 | 100 | 80.0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 50.0 | 100 | 100 | 87 |
Percent key medicines available | 55.0 | 59.2 | 80.0 | 78.3 | 100 | 91.7 | 86.5 | 65.0 | 86.6 | 84.0 | 78.6 |