Table 5 |
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Indicators (mean ± SD) of outpatient medicines prescribing for routine adult outpatient consultations* |
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Shandong |
Gansu |
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Hospital level (number of Rx) |
Primary |
Secondary |
Tertiary |
Primary |
Secondary |
Tertiary |
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(982) |
(1687) |
(800) |
(414) |
(1078) |
(495) |
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Average number of medicines/Rx |
3.2 ± 0.7 |
2.5 ± 0.4 |
2.0 ± 0.3 |
5.3 ± 2.0 |
3.9 ± 1.1 |
2.6 ± 0.5 |
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Average cost/Rx (RMB) ** |
38.6 ± 19.3 |
78.7 ± 27.5 |
101.3 ± 34.1 |
34.4 ± 28.3 |
48.2 ± 23.8 |
76.3 ± 16.0 |
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% Rx with EM |
72.5 ± 30.3 |
73.3 ± 19.3 |
63.8 ± 15.5 |
85.6 ± 25.3 |
78.1 ± 15.0 |
70.0 ± 13.1 |
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% Rx with reimbursable medicines |
76.4 ± 33.2 |
78.0 ± 17.0 |
79.3 ± 6.4 |
83.7 ± 26.3 |
77.4 ± 14.7 |
80.2 ± 12.7 |
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% Rx with antibiotics |
53.9 ± 9.1 |
45.9 ± 11.9 |
33.6 ± 14.0 |
77.2 ± 18.5 |
59.6 ± 8.7 |
40.7 ± 6.0 |
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% Rx with injections |
41.7 ± 11.2 |
31.8 ± 16.3 |
27.4 ± 16.3 |
61.1 ± 28.5 |
36.6 ± 14.0 |
22.3 ± 9.4 |
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Rx = prescription * Pediatric, adult emergency care, and infectious disease clinic consultations were excluded ** On Jan 1, 2007, near the time of the survey, the conversion rate was RMB 7.80 to USD 1.00. |
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Chen et al. BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:211 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-10-211 |
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