TY  - JOUR
T1  - Antibiotic Prescription Pattern and Cost at University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria
AU - , T.M. Akande AU - , M. Ologe AU - , G.F. Medubi 
JO  - International Journal of Tropical Medicine
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
SP  - 50
EP  - 54
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-3319
DO  - ijtmed.2009.50.54
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijtmed.2009.50.54
KW  - Antibiotic
KW  -prescription pattern
KW  -cost
KW  -Teaching Hospital
KW  -Nigeria
AB  - Appropriate antibiotic prescription is the first step for 
  optimum antibiotic use and has the potential impact of reducing resistant micro-organisms 
  generated by excessive use and to also save cost in health care. This study 
  examines the antibiotic prescription pattern and the related cost in a tertiary 
  hospital in Nigeria, a descriptive cross-sectional survey. Data were collected 
  from prescription sheets of patients that reported to the Pharmacy Department 
  of the Teaching Hospital. Six hundred and thirty prescription sheets were selected 
  by systematic random sampling. Data was analyzed with EPI-info software. Only 
  14.1% had >4 drugs prescribed, 83.5% of the prescriptions had at least one 
  antibiotics prescribed and more than a third (35.9%) of antibiotics prescribed 
  were in the penicillins group. Mean number of drugs prescribed is 2.987±1.470 
  compared with the mean number of antibiotics of 1.015±0.670 and the mean 
  duration of prescribed antibiotics is 10.59±13.15 days. Mean cost of 
  drugs on a prescription sheet is <img src="http://medwelljournals.com/fulltext/ijtmed/2009/images/image1-2k9-50-54.gif" width="14" height="12" align="absmiddle"> 1108.69&plusmn;976.73 (US$9.25), while the mean cost of antibiotics is <img src="http://medwelljournals.com/fulltext/ijtmed/2009/images/image1-2k9-50-54.gif" width="14" height="12" align="absmiddle">802.83&plusmn;734.81 
  (US$6.72). Averagely Antibiotics make up 72.7% of total cost of drug in a prescription 
  sheet. Significantly higher mean cost of drugs prescribed for out-patients than 
  in-patients (p&lt;0.001) but not significantly different for antibiotics. Antibiotics 
  prescription is high in developing countries and calls for concern. A lot of 
  money can be saved if policies are formulated and promoted on rational antibiotics 
  prescription in developing countries like Nigeria.
ER  -