Cross verification of prescribing trends through loop evaluation of physicians, patients and medical store personnel

BMC Health Services Research

Nadeem Irfan Bukhari¹  Syed Zia Husnain¹  Zikria Saleem¹  Furqan Khurshid Hashmi¹  Muhammad Salman¹  Khalid Hussain¹  Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar²  Louise Curley³ 

[1] 0000 0001 0670 519X, grid.11173.35, Punjab University College of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab, Allama Iqbal Campus, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan;0000 0001 0719 6059, grid.15751.37, Department of Pharmacy, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, UK;0000 0004 0372 3343, grid.9654.e, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of medical and health sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;

关键词: Prescribing trends;    Prescribing guidelines;    Generic prescribing;    Rational prescribing practices;    Multinational branded medicines;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12913-019-4145-7

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【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPrescription connects physician, patient and community pharmacy personnel who can help in understanding prescribing pattern. The present study was aimed to get an insight of viewpoints of all members involved in progression of events from prescription to drug purchase, i.e., physician, patient and medical-store personals regarding the prescription pattern in Pakistan.MethodsTherefore, a cross-sectional study was conducted in four provinces and capital territory (Islamabad) of Pakistan to evaluate the perception of physicians, patients and medical stores/pharmacy personnel of the prescribing trends in Pakistan.ResultsResponse rate was higher from Punjab and lower in Sindh. Responses of 981 walk-in patients with 393 physicians and 618 medical stores/pharmacies were received and statistically evaluated. The majority of physicians, patients and pharmacists/medical store personnel considered the medicines of multinational manufacturers as more effective. Physicians considered their prescribing cost-effective. However, majority of patients as well as pharmacists/medical store personnel strongly disagreed or disagreed with this notion that physicians prescribe cheap medicines. Furthermore, physicians and patients reported that medicines of local companies were not as effective as the medicines of multinational manufacturers, which were contrary to what pharmacists thought. Majority of physicians disagreed that their prescribing was under the influence of medical stores in their vicinity. The response of most of the patients (40.5%) was in line with that of physicians whereas 32% pharmacist/medical store personnel agreed. Nearly half of the physicians strongly agreed or agreed that patients demand medicines of multinational companies. Contrarily, a majority of patients and medical store personnel denied that patients demand for the medicines of multinational manufacturers.ConclusionThe study highlighted that there was a need to develop policy guidelines at the level of Federal Government and Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan in connection with prescribing practices to reduce the variation in perception of key stakholders involved in drug use process.

【 授权许可】

CC BY