Open Access<p>Rational Drug-Use Evaluation Based on World Health Organization Core Drug-Use Indicators in a Tertiary Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study</p>
Author(s) -
Desalegn Birara Mamo,
Belete Kassa Alemu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
drug, healthcare and patient safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 1179-1365
DOI - 10.2147/dhps.s237021
Subject(s) - medicine , formulary , medical prescription , checklist , observational study , family medicine , referral , descriptive statistics , pharmacy , health care , cross sectional study , nursing , psychology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , economics , cognitive psychology , economic growth
Irrational use of drugs is often observed in health-care systems throughout the world, particularly in developing countries. The World Health Organization estimates that more than half of all medicines are prescribed, dispensed, or sold inappropriately and that half of all patients fail to take them correctly. Therefore, the study was aimed at investigating the practice of rational drug use in a referral and teaching hospital in Northeast Ethiopia.