Drug prescription habits in public and private health

East. Mediterr. Health J. · Mar 2010

Comparative Study

Drug prescription habits in public and private health facilities in 2 provinces in South Africa.

The aim of this study was to explore drug prescription habits using WHO standard indicators in public hospitals and 36 private surgeries in 2 provinces in South Africa. A high mean number of drugs were prescribed per patient (3.2 versus 2.8) in public hospitals and by general practitioners (GPs) respectively andc generic prescribing rates were low (45.2% versus 24.5%). The rates of prescribing in public hospitals and by GPsa were 8.3% versus 23.3% for injections, 68.1% versus 31.9% for antibiotics and 92.6% versus 68.5% for drugs from the essential drugs list. Drug prescribing in both sectors needs to be regulated, especially the use of antibiotics, essential drugs and generic prescribing.

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- G Mohlala, K Peltzer, N Phaswana-Mafuya, and S Ramlagan.
- Health Systems Development Unit, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa.
- East. Mediterr. Health J. 2010 Mar 1; 16 (3): 324-8.
AbstractThe aim of this study was to explore drug prescription habits using WHO standard indicators in public hospitals and 36 private surgeries in 2 provinces in South Africa. A high mean number of drugs were prescribed per patient (3.2 versus 2.8) in public hospitals and by general practitioners (GPs) respectively andc generic prescribing rates were low (45.2% versus 24.5%). The rates of prescribing in public hospitals and by GPsa were 8.3% versus 23.3% for injections, 68.1% versus 31.9% for antibiotics and 92.6% versus 68.5% for drugs from the essential drugs list. Drug prescribing in both sectors needs to be regulated, especially the use of antibiotics, essential drugs and generic prescribing.

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