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Table 3 Types of prescription medicine borrowed or shared (Multiple responses allowed)

From: Prevalence of borrowing and sharing prescription medicines and associated socio-demographic factors: findings from COBERS health centres in northern Uganda

 

Borrowed Prescription Medicine

Shared Prescription Medicine

Types of medicine

Frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

Frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

Analgesics (pain killers)

451

59.8

463

49.8

Anti-malarial drug

231

30.7

262

28.2

Antibiotics

71

9.4

196

21.1

Antiretroviral

1

0.1

2

0.2

Anti-helminthes

0

0.0

1

0.1

Allergies

0

0.0

6

0.6

Total

754

100.0

930

100.0