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Table 2 Prescribing indicators stratified by anti-malarial medication prescribed

From: Anti-malarial prescribing practices in Sudan eight years after introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapies and implications for development of drug resistance

 

ASP n (%)

ART* n (%)

All prescriptions n (%)

95% CI

Chi-squared p value

N = 1,061

N = 114

N = 1,175

Anti-malarial prescribed in generic name

71 (6.7%)

67 (58.8%)

138 (11.8%)

10-13.6

0.000

Antibiotic co-prescribed

248 (23.4%)

36 (31.6%)

284 (24.2%)

21.8-26.7

0.000

Analgesic co-prescribed

342 (32.2%)

84 (73.7%)

426 (36.3%)

33.6-39.1

0.065

Anti-malarial dosage form correctly written

769 (72.5%)

80 (70.2%)

849 (72.3%)

69.7-74.9

0.584

  1. *Artemether injection.