| ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the situation of time limitation prescriptions of outpatients in our hospital. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 1 107 time limitation prescriptions from July 1st to 31th in 2015. Results: There were 1 107 time limitation prescriptions in 16 063 prescriptions (6.89%), which included 902 patients, and among them, there were more than one time limitation prescription in one day for one patient. As the increase of age, the number of patients with time limitation prescriptions was increased. The number of time limitation prescriptions with the sum between 101 and 200 yuan was the most (34.51%). The diagnosis of top 10 of the drugs according to the doctor’s advice and the actual top ten was substantially consistent, and among them, half were Chinese patent medicines. Conclusion:Time limitation prescriptions are the products of medical insurance policy. The management of time limitation prescriptions can’t be only defined as the quantity superposition of drugs, and it is necessary to generate individualized strategy according to the properties of diseases, drugs and patients in order to obtain more reasonable management strategies, and the ultimate purposes are benefiting patients and obtaining more rational distribution of medical resource. |
