Table 3 General information and pharmacoeconomic data on antibacterial prescriptions
From: An outpatient antibacterial stewardship intervention during the journey to JCI accreditation
Indicators | First phase | Second phase |
|---|---|---|
(March, 2012) | (March, 2013) | |
Kinds of antibacterials in outpatient pharmacy | 38 | 16 |
Kinds of the third line antibacterials | 1 | 0 |
Kinds of the second line antibacterials | 17 | 4 |
Kinds of the first line antibacterials | 20 | 12 |
Kinds of i.v. antibacterials | 22 | 0 |
Kinds of oral antibacterials | 16 | 16 |
Total number of prescriptions for outpatients | 88425 | 90459 |
Total number of prescriptions containing antibacterials | 11194 | 8920 |
Proportion of prescriptions containing antibacterials# | 12.7% | 9.9% |
Proportion of prescriptions containing non-restricted antibacterials# | 55.1% | 69.6% |
Proportion of prescriptions containing restricted antibacterials# | 44.7% | 30.4% |
Proportion of prescriptions containing special-grade antibacterials# | 0.14% | 0 |
Total expenditure on antibacterials for outpatients (million CNY) | 1.4760 | 0.9644 |
Proportion of expenditure on antibacterials relative to all medications | 6.9% | 4.1% |
Proportion of expenditure on i.v. antibacterials relative to all antibacterials | 30.5% | 0 |
Sum of DDDs of antibacterials for outpatients | 65930 | 61403 |
Proportion of DDDs of oral antibacterials for outpatients relative to all antibacterials# | 94.0% | 100% |