Table 3.

Pattern of prescription writing using the World Health Organization prescribing indicators in the study population

Prescribing Indicators (optimal level)	In-hospital (n=1120), %	At discharge (n=877), %
Average number of drugs prescribed per prescription (≤3)	11.55	6.55
Percentage of drugs prescribed by generic name (100%)	26.86	18.95
Percentage of prescriptions with an antibiotic prescribed (≤30%)	38.66	15.85
Percentage of prescriptions with an injection prescribed (≤10%)	99.55	6.27
Percentage of drugs prescribed from the national EDL (100%)	97.01	94.74

EDL=Essential drug list