INTRODUCTION TO PRESCRIPTION ANALYSIS & METHODOLOGY

Vikash Batham

Consumer Unity & Trust Society

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Why Prescription Analysis

Unethical promotion of drugs- a serious concern

Tool to gather relevant and actual information from users

Impact on Rational use of Drugs Corporate Conduct of Hospital

Confirm alliances with Diagnostic Clinics Assessment in accordance with clinical

guidelines Drug use pattern and adherence with EDL Cost of treatment Perception of user

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Interaction of Consumer with Healthcare entities – a schematic presentation

CONSUMER/USER

PHARMA Co.

DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC

Chemists

Private Hospitals/Doctors

MR

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Rational use of Drugs - Definition

Rational use of drugs requires that “patients receive medications appropriate to their clinical needs, in doses that meet their own individual requirements, for an adequate period of time, and at the lowest cost to them and their community”

It’s a term or concept coined at the conference on RUD, convened by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Nairobi in 1985. This concept has been adopted by almost every nation

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Criteria of Judging RUD

Overuse, underuse or misuse of drugs Poly-pharmacy Inappropriate use of antibiotics Inappropriate use of multivitamins Overuse of injection when oral formulation is

appropriate Failure to prescribe in accordance with clinical

guidelines Prescription of unnecessary expensive drugs

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Methodology

250 prescription from each state Collection from large and medium hospitals Investigator can stand outside hospitals and

identify patients Rapport building with patients Collect from only those who are willing Prescription only from outpatients Collect medical bills (photocopies) Framework for the analysis provided by CUTS

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