Abstract

Aims: To analyze and compare the prescribing habits of Medical officers from Public sector (PHCs) and General Practitioners from private sector
Materials and Methods: Total of 200 prescriptions issued by General Practitioners holding MBBS degree, were collected. Out of this 100 prescriptions were collected from Private General Practitioners and another 100 from Medical Officers serving in Primary Health Centers. Prescription were analyzed as per age, sex, diagnosis mentioned or not, number of drugs prescribed per prescription, rationality score, rationality status of prescriptions and number of drug showing use of unnecessary drugs, injections, irrational drug or combinations. Statistical analysis was done using Students unpaired ‘t’ test and Chi-square test.
Results: There was no significant association found between public sector and private sector in analysis of criteria -age, sex, diagnosis mentioned or not. Number of drugs prescribed per prescription(2.27 v/s 3.66, p