Table 1.
Public | Private | Overall | |
---|---|---|---|
Total clinics | 129 | 416 | 545 |
Patient encounters | 11,172 | 16,415 | 27,587 |
Prescriptionsa | 9680 | 15,119 | 24,799 |
Total number of medications | 27,762 | 45,417 | 73,178 |
Prescriptions containing antibioticsb | 755 | 5055 | 5810 |
Total number of antibiotics (systemic) | 767 | 5242 | 6009 |
Antibiotic prescribing ratec, % | 6.76 | 30.79 | 21.06 |
Antibiotic per 100 patient encounters | 7 | 32 | 22 |
aEach patient encounter in which medication was prescribed was counted as one prescription
b197 prescriptions (12 from public clinics, 185 private clinics) consisted of more than one antibiotic
cPercentage of encounters in which at least one antibiotic was prescribed