3.2 General Prescribing indicators used.
In this study a total of 200 prescriptions were evaluated in which total
1643 drugs were prescribed. The average number of drugs per encounter
was 8.21. The total antibiotics prescribed were 308 out of which 138
were prescribed as single, while 62 were used more than once in a
prescription. Drugs prescribed by their generic name were 205, while the
remaining 1438 drugs were prescribed by their brand name, the number of
drugs prescribed with an injection was 987, while 531 drugs were
prescribed with oral dosage form, and 215 drugs were prescribed with
miscellaneous dosage form, as tabulated in Table 2.