DOI: 10.7664/CHE20130715
The Impact Evaluation of Essential Medicine Policies on Joint Usage of Antibiotics, Steroids and Intravenous Infusion in Township Health Care
Abstract： Objective: To evaluate the impact of essential medicine policy on joint usage of antibiotics, steroids and intravenous infusion in township health care Health care. Methods: A township hospital implementing essential medicine policy was chosen as experimental group, and a similar township hospital which has not applied the essential medicine system was chosen as control group. It employs a pre-post with non-equivalent control design and logistic regression to estimate whether there is joint usage of antibiotics, hormone, and intravenous infusion in those prescriptions. Results: Essential medicine policy has increased the probability of joint usage of antibiotics, steroids and intravenous infusion increased by 1.27-fold ( P<0.001) in township health care. Conclusion: Essential medicine policy has increased the joint usage of antibiotics, hormones, and intravenous, and it needs further improvement in policy implement and rational medicine use.
Keywords：essential medicineantibioticshormoneintravenous infusion
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 53-55 )