Table 1 Prescription status by age groups and years

Number of pediatric outpatients

55,936

36,841

126,443

76,646

116,697

88,510

83,498

67,581

382,574

269,578

Boys (%)

59.41%

57.72%

58.82%

60.28%

59.93%

59.46%

59.71%

56.03%

59.44%

58.59%

Number of pediatric prescriptions

33,088

15,071

72,542

36,566

60,355

35,533

38,621

30,224

204,606

117,394

Proportion of children received medications

59.15%

40.91%

57.37%

47.71%

51.72%

40.15%

46.25%

44.72%

53.48%

43.55%

Average number of medicines prescribed for each child

2.47

2.12

2.57

2.27

2.32

1.98

2.63

2.62

2.49

2.25

Average spending on drugs of one child in each visit (dollars)

17.27

16.07

18.98

20.46

31.79

43.40

48.43

52.52

28.04

35.09

Number of children covered by basic medical insurance

155

37

803

352

653

547

587

494

2198

1430

Proportion of children received injected medications

34.38%

23.53%

34.07%

27.24%

26.66%

21.58%

21.04%

18.49%

29.48%

22.80%

Proportion of injections in all the medicines used

54.18%

41.37%

54.70%

42.64%

44.71%

31.11%

36.82%

34.02%

48.31%

36.84%