Quality of labelling of drugs dispensed in Botswana primary care by district and health facility
| District | Health facility | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ngami (n=1000; N=2137) | Gaborone (n=997; N=2097) | Kgalagadi (n=997; N=2227) | Clinics (n=2000; N=4209) | Health posts (n=994; N=2252) | Total (n=2994; N=6461) | Statistical significance† | |
| Values are number (%). | |||||||
| N=6461 dispensed drugs with information on labelling score; N1=6929 prescribed drugs; n=2994 patients. | |||||||
| †Statistical significance: 1=Ngami-Gaborone, 2=Gaborone-Kgalagadi, 3=Ngami-Kgalagadi, 4=clinics/health posts; *p<0.01, **p <0.001. | |||||||
| ‡A maximum score of 5 could be obtained. | |||||||
| Dosage of drug | 1613 (75) | 1579 (75) | 1758 (79) | 3239 (74) | 1711 (81) | 4950 (77) | |
| Name of drug | 1460 (68) | 1463 (70) | 1784 (80) | 3150 (72) | 1557 (74) | 4707 (73) | 2** 3** |
| Strength of drug | 875 (41) | 1262 (60) | 1125 (51) | 2358 (54) | 904 (43) | 3262 (50) | 1** 2** 3** 4** |
| Name of patient | 897 (42) | 868 (41) | 1163 (52) | 1607 (37) | 1222 (58) | 2829 (44) | 2** 3** 4** |
| Volume of drug | 190 (9) | 546 (26) | 1317 (59) | 1432 (33) | 621 (29) | 2053 (32) | 1** 2** 3** 4** |
| Mean (95% CI) labelling score‡ | 2.61 (2.55 to 2.68) | 2.80 (2.74 to 2.87) | 2.82 (2.76 to 2.89) | 2.69 (2.65 to 2.74) | 2.86 (2.79 to 2.92) | 2.75 (2.71 to 2.78) | |