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. 2024 Mar 5;6(2):dlae034. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlae034

Table 2.

Mode of access to antibiotics among study participants

Variable Group Frequency (n) (N = 2038) (%)
Where did you obtain your last antibiotic? NA (neither suffered nor use of antibiotic) 17 0.8
Health facility 1495 73.2
Leftover antibiotics from the previous treatment 169 8.3
Pharmacy 338 16.5
Do not know or do not remember 24 1.2
How did you obtain your last antibiotic used? Prescribed by a doctor or a clinical officer and dispensed by a pharmacist 1598 79.1
Recommended and supplied by a pharmacist or drug retailer without a prescription 310 15.3
Self-medicated (you indicate to the pharmacist what drug you want) 113 5.6