Rational Prescription of Drug in Iran: Statistics and Trends for Policymakers
Background: Medicine is considered as strategic goods worldwide and, therefore, a huge amount of health care budget is spent on it. To prepare universal access to appropriate health services and achieve the health-related millennium development goals, rational use of drugs is an essential goal in th...
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| author | Peivand Bastani Eshagh Barfar Aziz Rezapour Seyyed Mostafa Hakimzadeh Ali Tahernejad Sirous Panahi |
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| description | Background: Medicine is considered as strategic goods worldwide and, therefore, a huge amount of health care budget is spent on it. To prepare universal access to appropriate health services and achieve the health-related millennium development goals, rational use of drugs is an essential goal in the health system. This study aimed to investigate the proportion of drug prescription in three categories of injections, antibacterials agents and corticosteroids in a 10 year period.
Methods: This is a descriptive study using data from an Iranian national insurance organization and National Center of Drug Use. The data about prescribed drugs during 2003 to 2013 were collected and analyzed by Excel Microsoft software, version 2010.
Result: Results indicated that injections were decreased from 49.25% in 2003 to 46% in 2013;
also, antimicrobials had a decrease from 64.25% in 2003 to 42.2% in 2013. Totally, it was
reduced about 16% in the period of 10 years. Corticosteroids increased 10 % from 13% to
23% in 2013.
Conclusion: According the present findings that indicate irrational and increasing use of
corticosteroids and antimicrobials, it seems necessary for Iranian policy makers to pay specific
attention to customizing clinical and pharmaceutical guidelines along with improvement
of medical education system and rational prescription, holding scientific committees of
prescription supervision, arranging continuous and effective education of health personnel,
and improving public culture and community education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f57dd0662c42474b893d9f4afb7bfeff2022-12-22T01:28:00ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Health Management & Informatics2322-10972423-58572018-04-01523540Rational Prescription of Drug in Iran: Statistics and Trends for PolicymakersPeivand Bastani0Eshagh Barfar1Aziz Rezapour2Seyyed Mostafa Hakimzadeh3Ali Tahernejad4Sirous Panahi5Assistant Professor, Health Human Resource Research Center, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranHealth Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IranPhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Economics, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranHealth Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranAssistant Professor, Baqiat allah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranPhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Economics, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranBackground: Medicine is considered as strategic goods worldwide and, therefore, a huge amount of health care budget is spent on it. To prepare universal access to appropriate health services and achieve the health-related millennium development goals, rational use of drugs is an essential goal in the health system. This study aimed to investigate the proportion of drug prescription in three categories of injections, antibacterials agents and corticosteroids in a 10 year period. Methods: This is a descriptive study using data from an Iranian national insurance organization and National Center of Drug Use. The data about prescribed drugs during 2003 to 2013 were collected and analyzed by Excel Microsoft software, version 2010. Result: Results indicated that injections were decreased from 49.25% in 2003 to 46% in 2013; also, antimicrobials had a decrease from 64.25% in 2003 to 42.2% in 2013. Totally, it was reduced about 16% in the period of 10 years. Corticosteroids increased 10 % from 13% to 23% in 2013. Conclusion: According the present findings that indicate irrational and increasing use of corticosteroids and antimicrobials, it seems necessary for Iranian policy makers to pay specific attention to customizing clinical and pharmaceutical guidelines along with improvement of medical education system and rational prescription, holding scientific committees of prescription supervision, arranging continuous and effective education of health personnel, and improving public culture and community education.http://jhmi.sums.ac.ir/index.php/JHMI/article/view/453/141InjectionsAntimicrobialsRational prescribing |
| spellingShingle | Peivand Bastani Eshagh Barfar Aziz Rezapour Seyyed Mostafa Hakimzadeh Ali Tahernejad Sirous Panahi Rational Prescription of Drug in Iran: Statistics and Trends for Policymakers Journal of Health Management & Informatics Injections Antimicrobials Rational prescribing |
| title | Rational Prescription of Drug in Iran: Statistics and Trends for Policymakers |
| title_full | Rational Prescription of Drug in Iran: Statistics and Trends for Policymakers |
| title_fullStr | Rational Prescription of Drug in Iran: Statistics and Trends for Policymakers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rational Prescription of Drug in Iran: Statistics and Trends for Policymakers |
| title_short | Rational Prescription of Drug in Iran: Statistics and Trends for Policymakers |
| title_sort | rational prescription of drug in iran statistics and trends for policymakers |
| topic | Injections Antimicrobials Rational prescribing |
| url | http://jhmi.sums.ac.ir/index.php/JHMI/article/view/453/141 |
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