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

Table 3

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

Author	Average consultation time (minute)	Average dispensing time (second)	Number of drugs prescribed	Percentage of medicines dispensed	Percentage of medicines adequately labeled
Fereja and Lenjesa [34]	18.16	393.6	422	2.16	25.03
Dessie et al. [20]	2.11	57	252	93.2	95.95
Angamo et al. [49]	6.15	76.8	217	83.39	70.08
Mensa et al. [10]	3.75	75.6	100	49.7	0
Bilal et al. [52]	5.6	162.6	—	86.54	64
Geresu et al. [33]	4.04	51.6	—	92.6	13.65
Mamo and Alemu [54]	1.57	47	362	82.6	22.7
Sisay et al. [5]	4.61	88.62	433	75.68	3.33
Mariam et al. [6]	5.5	73.2	78	89.7	25.71
Gidebo et al. [53]	4.8	110.4	1.9	1.4	48
Gebramariam and Ahmed [60]	5.12	76.8	—	73.21	0
Tefera et al. [61]	—	—	—	85.4	—
Getahun et al. [62]	0.25	65	—	—	18.5
Average	5.14	106.52	233.24	67.79	32.25
Standard	10	>180	—	100	100