A study of prescription pattern and prescription errors in patients referred at multi speciality hosptial in Chennai
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prescription pattern, prescription errors, multi speciality, hosptialAbstract
The aim of the study was to study of prescription pattern and prescription errors in patient referred at Multispecialty hospital in Chennai. The objective of the study is improve the quality of the prescription using WHO indicators, to evaluate the drug utilization pattern and pharmacoeconomics studies in patients of multispecialty hospital in Chennai. This study was carried out in the out-patients and in-patients of general medicine department of multispecialty hospital in Chennai during the period of January 2021 to March 2021. We conducted a prospective observational study over a period of 3 months (i.e. January-march 2021) in the triage area of our Multispecialty care hospital. The triage area of general medicine department is the place where the patient is first met by a junior doctor. We collected data on all patients received in the triage area between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. during the study period. In this prospective study, we screened 127 patients who reported in multispecialty hospital. Out of these 127 patients majority of prescribed with antibiotics, analgesics, antacid, proton pump inhibitor, multivitamins and calcium supplements. The prescription patterns of these patients were taken up for the further evaluation of the study.
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