DOI: 10.7664/CHE20131213
Analysis on the Antibiotic Prescriptions in Rural Medical Institutions Based on Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Drug Classification
Abstract：Objective: To analyze the antibiotic prescriptions of 3-level rural medical institutions and provide intervention points and suggestions in regulating the antibiotic prescribing behavior of physicians. Methods: 8400 outpatient prescriptions were collected by randomly sampling in three-level rural medical institutions in Shandong. Through using anatomical therapeutic chemical(ATC) drug classification system to classify the antibiotic drugs , and analyze the utilization of antibiotics in three-level ( county , township and village) medical institutions. Results: Prescription rate of antibiotics was 35.52% and the combination utilization rate was 18.36% and injection antibiotic usage rate was 35.40%. The village clinics had a higher utilization rate than county hospitals and township health centers. The maximum utilized type of prescription was macrolide antibiotics(21.42%). In antibiotic administration methods, the injection method was the most used(43.43%). Conclusion: The irrational use of antibiotics exists in rural health care institutions, especially in village clinics. The trainings of antibiotic knowledge should be strenthened among primary care physicians frequently. The antibiotics without medicinal indications need to be strictly limited and prohibited, the antibiotic prescriptions of physicians need to be regulated.
Keywords：rural areaprimary medical institutionantibioticrational use
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( 43-45 )