title: [Comprehensive evaluation on the prescription behavior for outpatients in primary health care institutions of Yiyang].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the prescription behavior for outpatients in primary health care institutions of Yiyang and to provide scientific basis for promoting the rational use of drugs.
  
  
  METHODS
  A multi-stage random sampling method was conducted in 21 primary health care institutions from Yiyang. Fifteen prescriptions were randomly selected in every month from each institution and a total of 3780 prescriptions were eventually collected in a year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both the number of drugs and percentage of injection in a prescription were greater than the international standards. Children were more likely to be prescribed by multiple prescriptions, antibiotics prescriptions, hormones and injections prescriptions. The utilization of essential drug was more frequent in female. Antibiotics and hormones were more frequently used in summer and autumn season. Polypharmacy, antibiotics, injections and essential drugs were more frequently used in hospitals of small town. The skin and subcutaneous tissue diseases were often treated with multiple prescriptions, while the respiratory diseases were often treated with antibiotics, hormones and injections. Most primary health care institutions were at the upper limit of rational drug use.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The usage of prescription drug in most primary health care is rational, but some still surpass international standards. Thus, primary health care physicians should strictly control their prescriptions behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
authors.forename: Xiaohua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
authors.forename: Donghong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Yiyang Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning, Yiyang Hunan 413000, China.
authors.forename: Da
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
authors.forename: Jingcheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017723:Drug Utilization Review; D018954:Drugs, Essential; D006728:Hormones; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D010045:Outpatients; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011320:Primary Health Care
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D018954:Drugs, Essential; D006728:Hormones