• Bull. World Health Organ. · Jan 1998

    Prescribing patterns among medical practitioners in Pune, India.

    • M J Kshirsagar, D Langade, S Patil, and P S Patki.
    • Department of Pharmacology, B.J. Medical College, Pune, India.
    • Bull. World Health Organ. 1998 Jan 1; 76 (3): 271-5.

    AbstractIn 1975 the World Health Assembly requested the Director-General to advise Member States on the selection and procurement of essential drugs corresponding to their national health needs. We report here the results of a study of the prescribing patterns and rational drug utilization of medical practitioners of Pune, an industrial city in the west of India, which was undertaken by analysing their prescriptions. The results indicated a lack of rational prescribing practices by a significant number of practitioners. Fixed-dose formulations dominated the prescribing pattern and generic prescriptions were negligible, with prescriptions for essential drugs accounting for less than 60% of the total number of drugs prescribed. More than 30% of prescriptions were irrational, with the probability of such prescriptions increasing significantly with the number of drugs per prescription. A study of sources of drug formulations available for prescription revealed significantly more fixed-dose combinations, many of which were irrational. These results call for intervention strategies to promote rational drug therapy in India.

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