Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Drug Related Problems of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department: General Linear Model and Factorial Analysis

Abstract

It is more prevalent in developing countries where health allowance is less and 30-40% of the total health allowance is spent on medicines [3,4]. World Health Organization (WHO) has formulated a set of core drug use indicators, which measure the performance of prescribers, patients experience at health facilities and whether the health personnel can function effectively. The assessment of drug use indicators according to WHO guidelines on how to investigate drug use in health facilities are prescribing indicators, patient care indicators, facility indicators and complementary indicators [3].