Evaluation of prescribing indicators in prescriptions of private practitioners in Kolkata, India

Authors

  • Pragnadyuti Mandal Department of Pharmacology, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal
  • Shirsendu Mondal Department of Pharmacology, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal
  • Anjan Das Department of Anaesthesiology, College of Medicine and Sagar Dutta Hospital, Kamarhati, West Bengal
  • Musfikur Rahaman Department of Pharmacology, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal
  • Manab Nandy Department of Pharmacology, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal
  • Swapan Jana Department of Pharmacology, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20150866

Keywords:

Prescribing indicators, Prescription, Private practitioners

Abstract

Background: To assess the prescribing indicators in prescriptions of private practitioners in Kolkata.

Methods: In the observational, retrospective, cross-sectional survey, 1830 prescriptions of private practitioners were collected over a 5 years period and assessed using core prescribing indicators as per the World Health Organization “How to investigate drug use in health facilities” tool.

Results: Overall the average number of drug per prescription was 3.05±0.91. No drug was prescribed by generic name. Prescriptions with an antibiotics and injections were 30% (549/1830) and 8.12% (149/1830), respectively. Drugs prescribed from essential drug list (EDL) were 29.38% (1640/5582).

Conclusion: Poly-pharmacy, lack of generic prescribing, low rate of prescriptions from EDL is the present prescribing scenario of private set-up based practitioners of Kolkata. Regulation and intervention is required to improve the irrational prescribing practices.

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2016-12-23

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Mandal, P., Mondal, S., Das, A., Rahaman, M., Nandy, M., & Jana, S. (2016). Evaluation of prescribing indicators in prescriptions of private practitioners in Kolkata, India. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 4(5), 919–923. https://doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20150866

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