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Table 4 Pharmaceutical service RHA January–December 2008 and 2016 (prescriptions and items dispensed)

From: Health services in Trinidad: throughput, throughput challenges, and the impact of a throughput intervention on overcrowding in a public health institution

Prescriptions

Month

Fully Disp.

%

Part Disp.

%

Not Disp.

%

Total

2008

2016

2008

2016

2008

2016

2008

2016

2008

2016

2008

2016

2008

2016

Jan

4175

6092

46.2

45.6

2803

4413

31

33

2065

2855

22.8

21.4

9043

13,360

Feb

5073

6376

39.2

48.7

3310

4029

25.6

30.8

4564

2674

35.3

20.4

12,947

13,079

Mar

5584

6593

53.6

45.5

2025

4375

19.4

30.2

2805

3515

26.9

24.3

10,414

14,483

Apr

4946

7730

39.3

53.7

2864

4114

22.7

28.6

4791

2554

38

17.7

12,601

14,398

May

5182

7659

56.4

58.5

3378

3736

36.8

28.5

626

2935

6.8

22.4

9186

13,103

Jun

4706

5835

45.4

45.5

4000

3489

38.5

27.2

1671

3511

16.1

27.4

10,377

12,835

Jul

5002

6059

53

45

3736

4105

39.6

30.5

706

3309

7.5

24.6

9444

13,473

Aug

4663

6512

50.5

30.8

3090

8379

33.5

39.6

1480

6285

16

29.7

9235

21,176

Sep

5583

6853

54.4

52

3628

3781

35.4

28.7

1045

2554

10.2

19.4

10,256

13,188

Oct

5283

7397

55.2

53.5

3517

4092

36.7

29.6

771

2344

8.1

16.9

9571

13,833

Nov

5623

8410

54.6

63.4

3255

3671

31.6

27.7

1267

1184

12.3

8.9

10,292

13,265

Dec

5471

6937

55.6

57.6

3548

3444

36

28.6

824

1671

8.4

13.9

9843

12,052