Table 5.
Drug use indicators at 33 township health centers in Shandong and Ningxia, China, 2009–2011
| Shandong | Ningxia | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| ANDPP | 3.37 | 3.28 | 3.36 | 3.23 | 3.12 | 3.15 | 3.30 | 3.19 | 3.25 |
| PED, % | 50.65 | 49.41 | 65.67 | 55.35 | 60.59 | 70.64 | 53.03 | 55.49 | 68.31 |
| ANAPP | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.66 | 0.72 | 0.81 | 0.70 | 0.73 | 0.77 | 0.68 |
| PPA, % | 51.43 | 51.54 | 47.15 | 53.15 | 60.38 | 54.19 | 52.28 | 56.37 | 50.88 |
| PPI, % | 30.59 | 29.04 | 26.68 | 28.36 | 27.97 | 22.36 | 29.50 | 28.50 | 24.40 |
| PPC, % | 11.09 | 10.70 | 11.20 | 1.65 | 2.30 | 1.89 | 6.40 | 6.10 | 6.30 |
Note: ANDPP = average number of drugs per prescription; PED = percentage of drugs prescribed from the Essential Drug List; ANAPP = average number of antibiotics per prescription; PPA = percentage of prescriptions including an antibiotic; PPI = percentage of prescriptions including an injection; PPC = percentage of prescriptions including adrenal corticosteroid.