Trends analysis for drug utilization in county public hospitals: a sample study of the pilot area of health care reform in China

Table 2 Constituents in sample areas from 2011 to 2013 and counted by pharmacological action and function

Medicine	2011			2012			2013			Constituent Ratio (%)
Medicine	A	B	C	A	B	C	A	B	C	Constituent Ratio (%)
Chemical Medicine
respiratory system agents	27	15	37	33	20	44	55	35	68	4.11
anti-inflammatory drugs	24	37	62	31	43	90	57	57	116	6.36
psychotropics	11	10	17	13	13	20	18	18	25	1.78
anti-infectious agents	86	85	113	94	82	132	147	114	197	12.92
anti-allergic agents	8	7	16	9	7	17	13	11	23	1.36
anti-parasitic agent	2	2	5	2	2	6	1	2	6	0.34
anti-neoplastic	25	6	24	33	14	31	43	21	42	2.94
narcotics	14	14	28	17	16	31	22	24	46	2.61
urinary system agents	10	3	13	11	8	17	27	15	30	1.65
immunomodulators	10	5	19	18	5	10	19	11	22	1.46
other drugs	24	56	114	36	68	120	37	95	154	8.66
endocrine system agents	47	26	66	52	33	79	85	48	116	6.79
nervous system agents	36	30	69	49	34	72	71	73	134	6.98
biological	4	2	2	4	2	5	7	3	3	0.39
saccharides, salts, acid-base balance adjuvant	31	25	53	35	28	56	60	59	103	5.53
Vitamins, minerals and trace elements	24	20	54	26	21	52	41	32	73	4.22
digestive system drugs	45	38	83	57	46	90	101	78	147	8.42
cardiovascular agents	69	53	114	86	64	125	137	106	190	11.61
blood system agents	26	25	50	33	26	55	48	45	77	4.73
nutritional therapy agents	8	12	12	10	12	12	18	20	20	1.52
analgesics	14	0	26	22	0	0	26	0	0	1.08
specialist drugs	35	0	0	45	0	0	54	0	0	1.65
Chinese Medicine
internal medicine drugs	91	2	223	122	106	798	353	202	744	66.03
other drugs	1	78	11	3	3	28	6	3	24	3.93
gynaecological drugs	15	8	29	16	20	92	35	20	73	7.7
surgical drugs	8	10	38	10	13	62	42	18	137	8.45
orthopaedics drugs	13	12	41	13	23	87	14	23	52	6.95
otolaryngology drugs	7	4	16	7	6	37	9	14	15	2.88
paediatric	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0.2
ophthalmology	1	1	6	2	1	21	3	2	13	1.25
oncology	11	2	8	12	3	19	23	13	14	2.63

Note: In accordance with the “Notice for clinical medication of the People’s Republic of China Pharmacopoeia” 2010 edition classification, the other drugs include disinfection, antisepsis of chemical medicine, antidote, X-ray imaging and diagnostic medicine; obstetrics and gynaecology medication; and dermatologist, oculist, otolaryngology and dental and paediatric drug use. The other drugs of Chinese medicine include those for dermatology and stomatology

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