Assessment of Health Logistics Management Practice in Federal Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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2021-08
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Addis Ababa University
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Health logistic management system is a subset of organizations total medicine use practices systems. The objective of this study is to assess health logistic management practice of the federal hospitals of Addis Ababa. Purposive sampling technique was used to study the problem in five federal hospitals of Addis Ababa and all DSM officers, store managers, pharmacy heads and medical Directors are included in the study. Institutional-based descriptive cross-sectional study design was applied using both qualitative and quantitative approach.The data was collected through structural observation checklist and structured interview to gather information on pharmaceutical logistic management practice of the federal hospitals of Addis Ababa.The collected data was manually checked for completeness and consistencies before being entered into the computer. The quantitative data was entered and analyzed by using SPSS version 20 and MS-Excel 2007. The qualitative data was analyzed thematically. Descriptive statistics was used to compute frequencies results .Results was presented using tables and graphs. The qualitative portions of the study were summarized in narrative format. The result shows the logistic system performance, the Inventory management, the logistic management information system and storage condition is poor resulting for poor pharmaceutical logistic management practice of the federal hospitals of Addis Ababa. The federal hospital has poor pharmaceutical logistic management practice and hence higher officials of the hospitals should support and supervise their respective facilities pharmaceutical logistic practice.
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pharmaceuticals, health logistics, Availability, Federal hospitals