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Table 3 Components of rational antibiotic prescription

From: Antibiotic prescription rationality and associated in-patient treatment outcomes in children under-five with severe pneumonia at Bwizibwera health center IV, Mbarara District, South-Western Uganda

Variable

Frequency n (%)

Right regimen

 

  No

  Yes

172 (75.1)

57 (24.9)

Duration (continued for at least 5 days)

  No

  Yes

40 (70.2)

17 (29.8)

Frequency of administration

  No

  Yes

3 (5.3)

54 (94.7)