Table 2.

Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) indicators and direction of better use

QUM Indicator	Direction of better use
% Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI) cases (patients) treated with antibiotics	Less
% cases (patients) treated with antibiotics	Less
% prescribed medicines from the national Essential Medicines List (EML)	More
% medicines prescribed by generic name	More
% cases (patients) treated with multivitamins	Less
% cases (patients) treated with an injection	Less

Six standard indicators of quality of medicines use [23, 24] expressed as proportions and reported in 85–100% of the situational analyses