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. 2020 Oct 27;20:978. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05771-9

Table 4.

Prescriber-patient interactions by antibiotic prescription

Prescriber Characteristic Antibiotic prescription
Not prescribed Prescribed Total, N = 2519
n % n % n %
Prescriber’s Profession
 Medical Doctor 289 38.4 776 43.9 1065 42.3
 Physician Assistant 432 57.4 869 49.2 1301 51.6
 Nurse prescriber 24 3.2 100 5.7 124 4.9
 Other 8 1.1 21 1.2 29 1.2
 Total 753 100.0 1766 100.0 2519 100.0
Prescriber’s years of practice
  <  3 279 37.7 500 28.7 779 31.4
 3–5 284 38.4 652 37.4 936 37.7
 6–9 99 13.4 289 16.6 388 15.7
  ≥ 10 78 10.5 300 17.2 378 15.2
 Total 740 100.0 1741 100.0 2481 100.0
Ever trained on IMNCI
 Yes 91 12.1 363 20.6 454 18.0
 No 662 87.9 1403 79.4 2065 82.0
 Total 753 100.0 1766 100.0 2519 100.0

IMNCI Integrated management of childhood illnesses.