Table 4.
Antibiotic prescription relative to diagnosis, according to Papua New Guinea Standard Treatment Guidelines
| Diagnosis | Number | Antibiotic Prescription (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Undera | Overb | ||
| Anaemia | 270 | NO | - | 54.8 |
| Cough | 639 | YES | 37.4 | - |
| DiarrhoeaC | 64 | NO | - | 92.2 |
| GastroenteritisC | 14 | YES | 0 | - |
| Influenza-like-illnessC | 200 | NO | - | 37.0 |
| Malaria | 346 | NO | - | 19.1 |
| Otitis Media | 238 | YES | 2.9 | - |
| Pneumonia | 715 | YES | 3.1 | - |
| URTI | 526 | YES | 24.9 | - |
| Worms | 63 | NO | - | 63.5 |
| Total | 3075 | - | 18.7 | 41.0 |
aPercentages only calculated for patients in those diagnostic categories in which the PNG standard treatment quidelines recommend an antibiotic prescription (n = 2132)
bPercentages only calculated for patients in those diagnostic categories in which the PNG standard treatment quidelines do not recommend an antibiotic prescription (n = 943)
cAnalysis limited to those participants for whom an ‘adherence rating’ (Table 2) could be made