 patients lacking medication patients lacking medication 22 admin mon 10142019 1731 patients treated without drugs for the disease on which the research of the initiative project focuses over the target screened population the indicator measures the degree to which primary care prescribers treat patients seeking curative care with nonpharmaceutical therapies the indicator measures the proportion of patients who are counseled and or treated without being prescribed with drugs this indicator can be very revealing for the initiative project as it allows to identify and foster new research projects additional quantitative drug supply  the distribution provision and or sale of health care products counsel  advice especially that given formally electronic medical records patient records divide the number of consultations in which no drug is prescribed by the number of consultations surveyed percentage with numerator and denominator outcome percentage annually annually failure to prescribe drugs can also indicate lack of availability in some settings and this need for local interpretation requires that this be a complementary indicator yes table 3 in thiruthopu et al 2014 drug utilization pattern in south indian pediatric population a prospective study perspectives in clinical research 54 available at  https wwwncbinlmnihgov pmc articles pmc4170536  improvement in drug supply 