Prescribing indicators relative to diagnosis
| Diagnosis | ICD-10 code | Number of patients | Average number of drugs prescribed per patient (SD) | Percentage of drugs prescribed generically (SD) | Percentage of encounters with an antibiotic prescribed (IQR) | Percentage of encounters with a micronutrient prescribed (IQR) | Percentage of encounters with an injection prescribed (SD) | Percentage of drugs prescribed from EDL (IQR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pneumonia only | J18 | 226 | 2.0 (0.58) | 64.2 (0.69) | 100.0 (98.3–100.0) | 10.8 (8.3–13.6) | 0.0 (0.0) | 100.0 (100.0–100.0) |
| Cough and cold only | J00 | 350 | 1.8 (0.81) | 79.5 (0.71) | 54.5 (35.8–59.0) | 27.2 (24.5–35.0) | 0.4 (0.7) | 99.5 (98.5–100.0) |
| Diarrhoea only | A08 | 310 | 2.5 (0.76) | 81.1 (0.65) | 44.8 (36.7–61.3) | 18.3 (10.8–22.3) | 0.6 (1.6) | 97.7 (96.0–98.2) |
| Diarrhoea and dehydration only | A08 and E86 | 22 | 2.5 (0.64) | 78.6 (0.78) | 50.0 (40.0–80.0) | 0.0 (0.0–37.5) | 0.0 (0.0) | 100.0 (84.6–100.0) |
| Anaemia only | D53.9 | 11 | 2.4 (1.20) | 88.5 (1.06) | 16.7 (8.3–25.0) | 63.9 (56.9–70.8) | 0.0 (0.0) | 96.0 (92.2–98.0) |
Only patients with a sole diagnosis were used to accurately determine management of the given diagnosis. Mean and SD or median with IQR were given as appropriate according to distribution of data overall (number of drugs prescribed) and across geographical regions (remaining columns).
ICD, International Classification of Diseases.