Table 2 General characteristics of studies included for systematic review and Meta-analysis

Oromia

Middle East Ethiopia, Adama

Gunasekaran et al., 2016 [25]

Retrospective CS

All

All hospitalized patients

All wards

Medscape online

southeast of AA, Bishoftu

Behailu Terefe Tesfaye et al., 2017 [6]

CS

HIV/AIDS

All HIV infected patients

ART Clinic

Meds cape online & Drug.com

South West Ethiopia, Jimma

Diksis et al., 2019 [5]

Prospective CS

Cardiac disorder

Cardiac adult patients

Medical ward

Micromedex 3.0 DRUG-REAX®

Chelkeba L et al., 2013 [26]

CS

Cardiac disorder

Patients on CV medication in OPD

Cardiac clinic

Micromedex 2®

Amhara

North West Ethiopia, Gondar

B.Akshaya Srikanth et al., 2014 [27]

Prospective CS

All

All hospitalized patients

Medical ward

www.drugs.com

Admassie, et al., 2013 [28]

Retrospective CS

All

All hospitalized patients

Inpatients and Out patients

Micromedex2®

Henok Getachew et al., 2016 [29]

Retrospective CS

All

All hospitalized pediatric patients

Pediatric ward

Micromedex 2

Tigray

Northern Ethiopia

Teka et al., 2016 [30]

CS

All

All hospitalized elder patients

Medical ward

Micromedex® 2.0

Zeru Gebretsadik et al., 2017 [31]

Retrospective CS

All

All patients who come for medical service

Outpatient pharmacy

Micromedex® 2.0

Haftay Berhane Mezgebe, 2015 [7]

Retrospective CS

Psychiatric illness

Patients with psychiatric illness

Psychiatric unit

Micromedex 2.0 Drug-Reax®

Teklay et al., 2014 [32]

Prospective CS

DVT

Patients on warfarin therapy

Medical ward

Micromedex® online

Yesuf TA, et al., 2017 [33]

CS

All

All hospitalized patients

Medical ward

Micromedex 2®

AA

TASH

Tesfaye and Nedi, 2017 [34]

CS

All

All hospitalized patients

Medical ward

Medscape online

SPHMMC

Kibrom et al., 2018 [35]

Retrospective CS

All

Adult patients

Medical ward

Micromedex 3.0 DRUG-REAX®