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Table 2 Prescription indicators using WHO core indicators and Africa Region

From: Prescribing practices using WHO prescribing indicators and factors associated with antibiotic prescribing in six community pharmacies in Asmara, Eritrea: a cross-sectional study

Prescribing indicators assessed

Total medicines or encounters

Average or percent

WHO Optimal Value [1]

Standard derived for Africa region [2]

Average number of medicines per encounter

1056

1.76

1.6–1.8

< 2

Percentage of encounter with antibiotics

318

53.0%

20–26.8

45.9

Percentage of encounter with injection

47

7.80%

13.4–24.1

28.4

Percentage of medicines prescribed by generic

878

83.14%

100

65.1

Percentage of medicines from essential medicine list

1039

98.39%

100

89