The Pattern of Medicine Use in Ethiopia Using the WHO Core Drug Use Indicators

Table 2

Medicine use pattern using WHO/INRUD prescribing indicators in Ethiopia ().

Author	The average number of drugs per encounter	Percentage of encounters with antibiotics	Percentage of encounters with an injection	Percentage of drugs prescribed by generic name	Percentage of drugs from essential drug list
Bekele and Tadesse [42]	1.8	58.47	6.53	85.33	97.43
Warsame [43]	1.98	60	2.5	89.5	98.99
Balcha [44]	2.1	32.05	1.35	93	100
Lenjisa and Fereja [45]	2.08	54.78	28.38	78.9	82.58
Dessie et al. [20]	1.93	75.1	6.49	97	—
Yilma and Liben [46]	1.96	58.6	42.2	90.4	86.3
Mishore et al. [47]	2.19	27.62	44.7	90.97	90.17
Desalegn [48]	1.9	58.1	38.1	98.7	96.6
Angamo et al. [49]	2.17	24.85	10.58	79.36	90.26
Mensa et al. [10]	1.86	54.44	10.01	100	100
Jabo et al. [50]	2.03	67.36	19.31	98.15	99.2
Wubetu et al. [51]	2.11	59.28	3.74	98.42	85.68
Bilal et al. [52]	2.2	82.5	11.2	97	92
Geresu et al. [33]	1.78	48.2	42	82.2	96.5
Summoro et al. [53]	2.09	66.48	37.65	96	95
Mamo and Alemu [54]	2.5	34.64	13.8	90.53	82.83
Sisay et al. [5]	2.34	57.2	10.87	90.89	—
Kasahun et al. [55]	1.78	49.2	4	95.63	99.5
Gashaw et al. [56]	2.17	61.38	26.49	89.4	89.24
Demeke et al. [28]	2.61	32	23.6	93.3	100
Mosisa et al. [59]	2.85	67	9	100	98.96
Mariam et al. [6]	2.3	70.6	20.3	96.8	88.7
Desse et al. [20]	2.4	71.36	48.36	77.69	98.24
Gebramariam and Ahmed [60]	1.74	48.9	12.6	96.7	100
Tefera et al. [61]	—	71.5	66	87.84	100
Getahun et al. [62]	1.88	37.5	20	91.4	91.4
Average	2.11	57.16	22.39	91.56	90.19
Standard	1.6-1.8	20-26.8	13.4-24.1	100	100