Although policies to promote appropriate drug use in the CBC facilities have been in place since 1990, no systematic study had been completed to assess actual prescription practices. The general objective of this study was to describe current prescribing and dispensing practices in CBC facilities, identifying strengths, weaknesses and possible areas for intervention. In doing so, this study established baseline prescription and dispensing practices to evaluate the effectiveness of future interventions and identify possible tools for self-monitoring. More importantly, this study characterized training, supervision and other environmental and personnel-related factors, and determined which of these factors most closely correlated with appropriate prescribing and dispensing practices in CBC health facilities.