Assessment of Medication Prescribing Pattern in COVID-19 Admitted Patients by Using WHO Prescribing Indicators at Eka Kotebe General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

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Table 1 Sociodemographic Characteristics of Patients Admitted to Eka Kotebe General Hospital with COVID-19

Sociodemographic Characteristics		Frequency	Percent
Sex	Male	232	60.44
	Female	152	39.56
Age	0–14	20	5.20
	15–24	16	4.16
	25–64	188	48.96
	>65	160	41.67
Date	Yes	376	97.90
	No	8	2.10
Weight	Yes	3	0.80
	No	381	99.20
Diagnosis	Yes	21	5.50
	No	363	94.50

Figure 1 Number of drugs prescribed per prescription in EKGH from June, 2021 to September, 2021.

Table 2 Number of Prescribed Antibiotics in EKGH Patients Admitted with COVID-19 from June 2021 to September 2021

Number of Antibiotics per Prescription	Frequency	Percent	Commonly Prescribed Antibiotics IV	Percent
0	76	19.8	Ceftriaxone	39.61
1	156	40.6	Cefepime	27.92
2	139	36.2	Meropenem	23.70
3	13	3.4	Ciprofloxacillin	6.17
			Other	2.59

Table 3 Number of Injections per Prescription

Number of Injections per Prescription	Frequency	Percent	Percent
None	3	0.8	0.8
1	156	40.6	99.2
2	92	23.96
3	86	22.39
4	49	12.76

Table 4 Prescribing Indicators in Eka Kotebe General Hospital

WHO Core Prescribing Indicators	Value Observed	WHO Standard
Average number of drugs per encounter	2.64	1.6–1.8
Drugs prescribed with generic name	100%	100%
Encounters with antibiotic(s) prescribed	80.20%	20–26.8%
Encounters with injection(s) prescribed	99.2%	13.4–24.1%
Drugs prescribed from EDL	98.60%	100%