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Table 4 Rationality of antibiotic prescription by age and gender

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

Irrational prescription,

n (%)

Rational prescription,

n (%)

P-value

Age categories (months)

  2–5

  6–11

  12–23

  24–59

31 (18.0)

44 (25.6)

47 (27.3)

50 (29.1)

4 (7.0)

31 (54.4)

11 (19.3)

11 (19.3)

0.347

Gender

  Female

  Male

92 (53.5)

80 (46.5)

27 (47.4)

30 (52.6)

0.671

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Pneumonia

ISSN: 2200-6133

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