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Table 2 The total index of the drug prescribing and its components

From: Irrational prescription and its costs in neonatal surfactant therapy: public and private hospitals of Iran in 2018

Status prescription

Drug selection

Drug dose

Prescription time

The total index of drug prescribing

Verifiable

Rational

709 (83.80)

360 (42.55)

804 (95.03)

278 (32.86)

Irrational

121 (14.30)

232 (27.42)

9 (1.06)

317 (37.47)

Unverifiable

16 (1.89)

254 (30.02)

33 (3.90)

251 (29.66)

  1. *Data are presented as number (%)