Table 2. Prescribing characteristics and nature of prescriptions for paediatric outpatients who received antibiotics.

Prescribing characteristics	Category	Frequency (n=2862)	Percentage
Rank of prescriber
	House officer	1371	47.90
	Medical officer	902	31.52
	Nurse	252	8.81
	Physician assistant	259	9.05
	Resident	55	1.92
	Specialist (paediatrician)	23	0.80
Number of antibiotics
	One	2754	96.23
	Two	108	3.77
Highest antibiotic category prescribed
	First-line	2503	87.46
	Second-line	312	10.90
	Third-line	47	1.64
Indication for antibiotics*
	Yes	2719	95.00
	No	143	5.00
Prescriptions†		(n=2824)
	Right choice	2765	97.91
	Wrong choice	59	2.09
		(n=2765)
	Right duration	1097	39.67
	Wrong duration	1668	60.33
		(n=2765)
	Right dosage	2353	85.10
	Wrong dosage	412	14.90
Antibiotics prescribed†		(n=2967)
	Co-amoxiclav	1344	45.30
	Amoxicillin	307	10.35
	Cefuroxime	462	15.57
	Flucloxacillin	285	9.61
	Azithromycin	268	9.03
	Ciprofloxacin	133	4.48
	Ciprofloxacin+Tinidazole	1	0.03
	Erythromycin	75	2.53
	Metronidazole	59	1.99
	Clindamycin	28	0.94
	Doxycycline	3	0.10
	Nitrofurantoin	1	0.03
	Secnidazole	1	0.03

^*Patient-level characteristics used.

^†Some patients received multiple antibiotic prescriptions; therefore, each antibiotic was counted as a separate entry.