OBJECTIVE:To probe into the status quo and problems of the prescriptions of rural clinics in a national level poverty-stricken county so as to provide reference for standardizing rural physicians' drug use behavior and facilitating a smooth development of new rural cooperative medical care.METHODS:A total of 962 prescriptions from June 2007 to June 2008 in rural clinics of a county in Chongqing municipality collected by sociological investigation were described and analyzed in respect of the structure of patients,diagnoses of diseases and drug use by descriptive statistical method.RESULTS:The patients visiting rural clinics were mainly young adults and patients with common diseases;the use of Chinese traditional medicine was on the low side;the writing of some prescriptions were nonstandard;and abuse of antibiotics,hormones and injections were widespread.CONCLUSION:Prescription management and the training of rural physicians should be strengthened to promote the rational drug use in rural poverty-stricken area.