Analysis of 3 291 Outpatient Prescriptions of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Our Hospital

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the outpatient use of traditional Chinese medicine so as to find out the regularity and the problems in drug use in our hospital for references of pharmacy and clinical medication of traditional Chinese medicine. METHODS:3 291 outpatient prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine collected in every 3 working days in each month of 2013 in our hospital were analyzed statistically with regard to the standardization in prescription writing,rationality in drug use and the utilization data of traditional Chinese medicine. RESULTS:The outpatient use of traditional Chinese medicine in our hospital had problems in clinical diagnosis,course of treatment,dosage administration etc. The average consumption sum was 76.21 yuan per prescription and an average of 10.14 drugs were prescribed with licorice used most frequently and reinforcing drugs ranked the first in terms of consumption amount. CONCLUSIONS:The use of traditional Chinese medicine in our hospital was irrational in that the dosage of simple recipe and the number of drugs per prescription were on the high side although with rational consumption sum. It is urgent for the related management departments of our country and hospital to attach great importance to strengthen management on the prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine and formulate effective administrative measures management to promote clinical rational use of traditional Chinese medicine.