Table 2.

Percentages of encounters with generic drugs, antibiotics and injections in the selected general hospitals

Prescribing indicators		Quiha Hospital	Mekelle Hospital	Overall result (N)	WHO standard22
Generic prescription	Drugs prescribed, n	999	1029	2028
	Drugs prescribed in generic name, n (%)	974 (97.5)	970 (94.3)	1944 (95.6)
Antibiotics	Prescriptions with antibiotics, n (%)	392 (65.3)	306 (51)	698 (58.2)	<30% (20–26.8)
Injections	Prescriptions with injections, n (%)	56 (9.3)	135 (22.5)	191 (15.9)	13.4%–21.1%
Drugs from essential drugs list, n (%)		974 (97.5)	930 (90.4)	1904 (93.9)	100%