|
Country [Ref]
|
Type of survey, Year
|
WHO/INRUD Core Drug use Indicators (WHO recommended value)
|
|---|
|
Prescribing Indictors
|
Patient Care Indicators
|
|---|
|
Medicines* (1.6–1.8)
|
Antibiotics† (20–26.8%)
|
Injections‡ (13.4–24.1%)
|
Generic name¥ (100%)
|
Essential Medicines¶ (100%)
|
Dispensed# (100%)
|
Labelled§ (100%)
|
|---|
|
Sri Lanka
|
Present study, 2015
|
3.1
|
23.8%
|
1.2%
|
35.5%
|
68.8%
|
92.4%
|
98.5%
|
|
Africa
|
Region (PC), 2006–2015
|
3.5
|
49.0%
|
24.8%
|
70.4%
|
88.9%
|
NR
|
NR
|
|
Bahrain
|
PC, 2003
|
2.6
|
26.2%
|
8.3%
|
14.3%
|
99.8%
|
NR
|
NR
|
|
Brazil
|
National (PC), 2015
|
2.4
|
5.8%
|
6.0%
|
NR
|
45.1%
|
NR
|
NR
|
|
China
|
Provincial (PC), 2009–2010
|
3.2
|
50.9%
|
24.4%
|
NR
|
68.3%
|
NR
|
NR
|
|
Jordan
|
PC, 1999–2000
|
2.3
|
60.9%
|
1.2%
|
5.1%
|
93.0%
|
81.8%
|
91.4%
|
|
Pakistan
|
PC, 2014
|
3.4
|
48.9%
|
27.1%
|
71.6%
|
93.4%
|
90.9%
|
100%
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
PC, 2010
|
2.4
|
32.2%
|
2.0%
|
61.2%
|
99.2%
|
99.6%
|
10.0%
|
- #*Medicines per encounter; †Encounters with an antibiotic; ‡Encounters with an injection; ¥Medicines prescribed in generic name; ¶Medicines prescribed from essential medicines list; #Medicines actually dispensed; §Medicines accurately labelled; NR Not reported; PC Primary Care
