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VOLUME - 8 ISSUE - 4 JULY 2019
Dr. Avinash Teli*, Dr. Pawan Kumar, Dr. Akshi Denod, Dr. Md.Wasiullah
Maharishi Markandeshwar institute of Medical sciences and Research center, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India
ABSTRACT
To study current treatment practice given by a group of physician according to demographic details and the patient’s knowledge of correct/safe administration of the anti-diabetic drugs was determined under the consideration of percentage cost variation of the treatment. A Prospective observational study. A data Collection form was used to collect data of the patients’ demographic details like sex, duration of diabetes, age, Co morbidity, prescribing pattern for anti-diabetic drugs and other drugs. The demographic characteristic of the study sample of (N=55) diabetic patients indicated that the male population were found to be predominantly having diabetes (52.7%) (n=29). When compared to female population which is only (47.3%) (n=26. Study revealed that out of (n=55) patients, (n=37) patients were on Mono therapy (67.3%) followed by (n=11) patients were on double therapy (20%), (n=4) patients were on triple therapy (7.3%). The focus of this study was to evaluate physician prescribing pattern and patient utilization patterns associated with pharmacological management of diabetic patients with the help of studying prescriptions and interviewing the patients. This study was carried out with the objectives of computing the costs and percentage price variation among oral hypoglycemic agents across the different brands available in the Indian market. It is observed from our results that there is a wide (up to 836.20%) variation in prices of drugs manufactured by different pharmaceuticals.
Keywords:
Antidiabetic, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypoglycemia, Utilization, Cost-Effectiveness