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. 2020 Aug 20;27(5):286–291. doi: 10.1136/ejhpharm-2018-001609

Table 4.

Statistics of cases of irrational use of drugs from 2012 to 2017

Year Useless drug indication Drug selection error Error of usage and dosage Medication course error No aetiology detection or no select drug according to sensitivity results Total
2012 94 39 89 53 150 425
2013 58 28 75 38 78 277
2014 59 25 69 31 52 236
2015 31 29 51 30 39 180
2016 30 25 47 24 29 155
2017 28 26 38 21 20 133

Units=number of cases.

Sampling number: 250 outpatient prescriptions and 300 hospitalised cases were selected each month, for a total of 6600 cases a year.