Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2009;25(7):463-466

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6672.2009.07.011

Effects of Prescription Administrative Policy on prescription quality of a tertiary hospital

Aizong SHEN ; Ling JIANG ; Yancai SUN ; Decai DU ; Shengyu ZHANG ; Linlin LIU ; Tianlu SHI ; Jing ZHANG

Keywords

Prescription; Administrative Policy; System of evaluation; Eligibility rate

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Objective To discover the effects of the Prescription Administrative Policy in force on the quality of the prescriptions in a tertiary hospital in 2007. Methods The prescriptions of 400 cases were sampled systematically for evaluation, and 60 patients were interviewed. Results The average eligibility rate of the prescriptions was but 37. 2% in this hospital, which was mainly plagued by incompleteness, nonstandard and irrationality found in prescriptions. Implementation of the Policy contributed to a significant improvement of some indicators. For example, the eligibility rate increased by 12. 2% (P=0. 004) ,the percentage of the use of antimicrobial agents dropped significantly (P=0. 001),and the percentage of generic names used rose significantly (P = 0. 000). Conclusions The implementation of the Policy is highly positive for prescription quality.