Background Rational prescribing is a primary step to ensure rational drug use. Often, half of
the medicines are prescribed irrationally and half of these are even used incorrectly as the …

Background Rational prescribing remains an important component of rational drug use. The
World Health Organization (WHO) standardized and validated core prescribing indicators for …

The objective of the study was to assessing patterns of drug use by using World Health
Organization prescribing, patient care and health facility indicators in Southwest Ethiopia. A …

Background: Nowadays, irrational uses of drugs, particularly prescription errors are
adversely affecting global health and pose problems. Bad prescribing habits lead to …

Background: Periodic assessment of the prescribing practices in a health facility is
necessary to identify specific drug use problems, sensitize practitioners on rational drug …

Background To promote rational drug use in developing countries, it is important to assess
drug use pattern using the World Health Organization (WHO) drug use indicators. The aim of …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The extent of drug use is directly affected by prescribing
behavior of physicians. The best vay to investigate drug use in health facilities is usage of …

Background: Rational prescribing, dispensing and patient use are the major components of
rational drug use; however, the actual drug use pattern is not in line with World Health …

Introduction. Irrational prescribing is a major cause for irrational drug use. Bad prescribing
habits lead to ineffective and unsafe treatment, exacerbation or prolongation of illness …

Background: Information about drug utilization at the out patient departments of the
Hospitals in Ethiopia is scanty although a large segment of the patients are being served at …