OBJECTIVE: To investigate the status quo of outpatient drug consultation in China and provide reference for improving the service level of outpatient drug consultation. METHODS: "Medication consultation"

"drug consultation"and "pharmaceutical service"were set as the key words

CNKI

Wanfang database and VIP database were retrieved from Jan. 2010 to Jan. 2020. Fifteen literature related to outpatient drug consultation were included

with a total of 26 075 patients. Information such as characteristics of the population

drug category and consultation content of the patients were summarized and analyzed. RESULTS: The proportion of outpatient drug consultation in general hospitals was the largest

while that in specialized hospitals was slightly lower. There are 11 categories of drug consultation

and the total number of consultations was 14 345. among which the number of drugs for cardiovascular system was the largest（ 4 023 times

28. 04%）

followed by anti-infective drugs（ 2 916 times

20. 33%） and digestive system drugs（ 1 632 times

11. 38%）. The content of drug consultation included time

method

dosage

adverse drug reactions and drug storage. CONCLUSIONS: High-quality outpatient drug consultation can discover or solve existing or potential medication problems in medication treatment. Hospitals should establish the standardized outpatient drug consultation system

improve the quality of outpatient drug consultation services

and help patients to use drugs safely

effectively and economically.