Table 5.
Profession of prescriber | Prescriptions | Antibiotic usage | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Appropriate | Inappropriate | |||
Number | % | Number | % | |||
Physician (general practitioners) | 134 | 44 | 49 | 37 | 85 | 63 |
Nurse (with BSc. degree) | 69 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 55 | 80 |
Unknown | 100 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 79 | 79 |
Total | 303 | 100 | 84 | 219 |