WHO/INRUD patient care and facility-specific drug use indicators at primary health care centres in Eastern province, Saudi Arabia
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Abstract
This study aimed to measure the performance of primary health care centres in Eastern province, Saudi Arabia, using the WHO/International Network of Rational Use of Drugs patient care and facility-specific drug use indicators. In a cross-sectional study, 10 health centres were selected using systematic random sampling. A total of 300 patients were interviewed while visiting the centre from January to March 2011 and 10 pharmacists from the same centres were interviewed. Average consultation time was 7.3 min [optimal >/-30 min], percentage of drugs adequately labelled was 10% [optimal 100%] and patient's knowledge of correct dosage was 79.3% [optimal 100%]. The percentage of key drugs in stock was only 59.2% [optimal 100%]. An overall index of rational facility-specific drug use was calculated and applied to rank the health centres for benchmarking
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El Mahalli, A.A., Akl, O.A.M., Al Dawood, S.F., Al Nehab, A.A., Al Kubaish, H.A. et al. (2012). WHO/INRUD patient care and facility-specific drug use indicators at primary health care centres in Eastern province, Saudi Arabia. EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 18 (11), 1086-1090, 2012, https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/118481
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EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 18 (11), 1086-1090, 2012
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1086-1090
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1020-3397
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http://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/v18/11/EMHJ_2012_18_11_1086_1090.pdf
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English