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Table 2 Prescription and usages pattern of antibiotics in three cities of Jessore district in Bangladesh

From: Prescription antibiotics for outpatients in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional health survey conducted in three cities

Question Pattern

Response pattern

Frequency

Percentage (%)

n = 900

Pattern of antibiotics

Single antibiotic

671

74.56

Prescription

Multiple antibiotics

229

25.44

Information on dosage form

Complete

602

66.89

Incomplete

234

26

Not mentioned

64

7.11

Information about the direction for antibiotic use

Complete direction

513

57

Incomplete direction

387

43

Clinical test for prescribing antibiotics

With test

153

17

Without test

747

83

Completion of full antibiotic course

Yes

578

64.22

No

322

35.78

Patient’s compliance

Disease recovery

556

61.78

Incompliance

334

38.22