Abstract

DRUG UTILIZATION EVALUATION OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, CHROMEPET, CHENNAI

Geetha Pandavarsahayam*, Deepa Natarajan, Chelladurai Ramesh, Bakkiyalakshmi Ramesh, Balaji Megarajan, Deena Subramani, Baseela Begum Syed Nizam and Bhuwaneswari Gajendran

ABSTRACT

Aim: Drug utilization evaluation is a continuous process that assesses hospital distribution procedures and examines the prescription's logic. Methods Our study was a six-month prospective observational study that involved 146 individuals from different tertiary care hospital departments. Data on prescribed medications was gathered, and WHO prescribing indicators were also examined. Microsoft Excel was used to perform statistical analysis of the mean and percentage. Results: The patient was 45.42 years old on average. Orthopedics and general surgery departments admitted 26.21% and 17.24 percent of inpatients, respectively. Analgesics (15.1%), anti-ulcer medications (13.31%), antibiotics (12.74%), and nutritional supplements (11.87%) accounted for the majority of the pharmaceuticals utilized. The percentage of injection-prescribed encounters (6.2%) among the five prescription indicators was within the WHO-recommended range. Conclusion: There should be additional steps done to enhance doctors' prescribing practices.

Keywords: Drug utilization evaluation, Prescribing indicators.