Prescribing Indicators
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1. Average medicines per encounter (1.6–1.8)
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3.1 ± 1.9 (3; 1–12)
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2.9 ± 1.7 (3; 1–11)a
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3.6 ± 2.2 (3; 1–11)a
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3.1 ± 1.9 (3; 1–12)a
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2. Encounters with an antibiotic (%) (20–26.8%)
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553 (23.8)
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287 (27.1)b
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84 (15.0)ab
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182 (25.6)a
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3. Encounters with an injection (%) (13.4–24.1%)
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29 (1.2)
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19 (1.8)a
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6 (1.1)
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4 (0.6)a
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4. Medicines prescribed in generic name (%) (100%)
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2579 (35.5)
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980 (32.4)b
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819 (40.6)ba
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780 (35.2)a
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5. Medicines prescribed from EML (%) (100%)
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4991 (68.8)
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2099 (69.5)
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1368 (67.8)
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1524 (68.7)
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Patient-care Indicators
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1. Medicines actually dispensed (100%)
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6701 (92.4)
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2824 (93.5)a
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1811 (89.8)ab
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2066 (93.2)b
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2. Medicines accurately labelled (100%)
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6600 (98.5)
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2758 (97.7)
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1800 (99.4)
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2042 (98.8)
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