PHARMACEUTICAL MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT AT 20 PUSKESMAS IN EAST JAVA

Malang and Pasuruan : An indicator approach

Abstract

An analysis  of indicators  covering  patient access,  drug use,  drug budget and pharmaceutical logistic   to assess  the advance  in pharmaceutical   management   at 20 Public  Health  Centres  in Malang  and  Pasuruan  Districts,  East  Java  has  been conducted.   Out of  1997/1998  Laporan Pernakaian  - Lernbar  Permintaan  Obat (LP-LPO).  Drug-use  Report  and Drug-request  Form), according  to the Ministry  of Health and Statistical  Bureau  secondary  data,  it can be computed and concluded  that :  (I)  ratio of population  per Puskesmas  was 37 .346,  (2) ratio of population per registered   pharmacist  of pharmacy  technician   in the public sector was 32.771,    (3) ratio of population   per authorized  presciber   (physicians,   dentists,  nurses and midwives)  in 1996 was 1.821,    (4) average  number  of drugs  prescribed  per curative  outpatient  encounter  was 3.3, (5) percentage  of outpatients   given  injections  was 23%  and (6) percentage  of outpatients  given antibiotics   was 41 %, (7) MOH budget on pharmaceutical   per capita within   1997/1998  in East Java was Rp.  727 .69 and (8) average ercentage  of time out of stock for a set of indicator  drugs in  20 Puskesmas  storage  was 7,60%.