Open Access<p>Evaluation of Medicine-Use Pattern Using World Health Organization’s Core Drug-Use Indicators and Completeness of Prescription at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Study</p>
Author(s) -
Kefyalew Ayalew Getahun,
Adugnaw Sitotie Redia,
Tezera Jemere Aragaw
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
integrated pharmacy research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2230-5254
DOI - 10.2147/iprp.s261320
Subject(s) - medical prescription , medicine , pharmacy , family medicine , cross sectional study , health care , essential medicines , pediatrics , public health , pharmacology , nursing , pathology , economics , economic growth
Rational use of medicines is patients receiving medicines appropriate to their diagnosis in doses that meet their requirements for an adequate period of time at an affordable price. Irrational prescribing practices result in ineffective, unsafe treatment, prolong prognosis, and increase health-care costs, and this is a common phenomenon in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to evaluate medicine-use pattern using World Health Organization core drug-use indicators and completeness of prescription at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital.