Determinants of Pharmaceutical Inventory Management Practices: The Case of Public Health Facilities In Dire Dawa City Administration

Managing stock effectively is important for any organization. Managing pharmaceutical<br> products and materials up to their point of use in health facilities is an important task in order to<br> provide quality healthcare. Without adequate pharmaceuticals inventory management practices,<br> Public Health Facilities run the risk of not being able to provide patients with the most<br> appropriate medication when it is most needed.<br> The General objective of the study was to assess determinants of pharmaceutical Inventory<br> management practices at public health facilities in Dire Dawa City Administration.<br> Descriptive cross sectional study design was used. The study was collected the data from total of<br> 79 pharmacy professionals working in the study area through self-administered questionnaires<br> and probability and non-probability sampling techniques was used to determine 79 respondents<br> for the study. The questionnaire was contained five point Likert scale questions and covered<br> areas of inventory control to come up with good raw data for the research.<br> The collected data were quantitatively analyzed using statistical methods, SPSS 25 version<br> which was commanded to produce frequency, mean and standard deviation. Logistic regression<br> was used to show the relationship between the dependent and independent variables. The study<br> revealed significant effect of management support and information technology on the<br> pharmaceuticals inventory management practices in the study area. Whereas as, staff skill/<br> competence and documentation/stock keeping did not show significant association in the at Dire<br> Dawa City Administration health facilities.<br> Generally, the Dire Dawa regional health bureau should have to improve the competency of its<br> staffs through appropriate capacity building efforts, coaching, mentoring, and supervision,<br> additionally the top management of the facilities have to allocate appropriate budget for<br> procurement of Pharmaceuticals products to avail the required medicines for the patients.