No. of PHIs
|
7
|
48
|
55
|
7
|
55
|
62
|
7
|
52
|
59
|
7
|
57
|
64
|
7
|
59
|
66
|
Total prescriptions, n
|
467,108
|
1,447,744
|
1,914,852
|
593,995
|
1,454,909
|
2,048,904
|
749,082
|
1,724,979
|
2,861,411
|
906,122
|
1,955,289
|
2,474,061
|
7,944,603
|
3,222,302
|
11,166,905
|
Sample prescriptions from BPRSPHI, n
|
8455
|
11,580
|
20,035
|
7120
|
52,943
|
60,063
|
6835
|
50,120
|
56,955
|
5807
|
47,102
|
52,909
|
28,217
|
161,745
|
189,962
|
Drugs prescribed per prescription, mean (SD)
|
1.8 (1.1)
|
1.9 (1.1)
|
1.8 (1.1)
|
2.1 (1.2)
|
1.9 (1.1)
|
1.9 (1.1)
|
2.1 (1.2)
|
2.0 (1.1)
|
2.0 (1.1)
|
2.0 (1.2)
|
2.0 (1.2)
|
2.0 (1.2)
|
2.0 (1.2)
|
1.9 (1.1)
|
1.9 (1.1)
|
Cost per prescription, $ mean (SD)
|
19.2 (27.8)
|
18.4 (25.5)
|
18.8 (26.5)
|
25.2 (33.5)
|
20.0 (28.6)
|
20.6 (29.2)
|
27.3 (37.1)
|
24.4 (34.7)
|
24.8 (35.0)
|
28.3 (38.1)
|
27.6 (37.8)
|
27.6 (37.8)
|
24.6 (34.0)
|
23.5 (33.4)
|
23.6 (33.5)
|
Antibiotic-containing prescriptions, % of prescriptions
|
5.8
|
4.8
|
5.2
|
7.5
|
4.9
|
5.2
|
5.5
|
4.9
|
5.0
|
6.1
|
3.9
|
4.1
|
6.2
|
4.6
|
4.8
|
Prescriptions with antibiotic injections, % of antibiotic prescriptions
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
0.6
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
Cost of antibiotics in the total cost of prescribed drugs, %
|
2.7
|
3.0
|
2.4
|
2.5
|
3.6
|
2.3
|
2.0
|
2.7
|
1.8
|
1.7
|
2.8
|
1.6
|
2.1
|
3.0
|
1.9
|
Irrational antibiotic prescriptions, % of antibiotic-containing prescriptionsa
|
10.3
|
10.9
|
10.4
|
11.6
|
15.5
|
14.8
|
12.8
|
10.6
|
10.9
|
11.9
|
11.8
|
11.8
|
11.5
|
12.7
|
12.5
|