Table 2.
Overview of antibiotic dispensing without a prescription
| Outcomes | Number of interactions stratified by type of drug outlet | Total number of interactions N (%) (n=495) | |
| Pharmacy N (%) (n=362) |
Drug store N (%) (n=133) |
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| Antibiotics provided before the SPs asked for them | 69 (19.1%) | 17 (12.8%) | 86 (17.4%) |
| Child diarrhoea | 10 (2.8%) | 1 (0.8%) | 11 (2.2%) |
| Presumptive TB | 22 (6.1%) | 5 (3.8%) | 27 (5.5%) |
| URTI | 37 (10.2%) | 11 (8.3%) | 48 (9.7%) |
| Antibiotics provided after the SPs asked for them | 206 (56.9%) | 50 (37.6%) | 256 (51.7%) |
| Child diarrhoea | 59 (16.3%) | 8 (6.0%) | 67 (13.5%) |
| Presumptive TB | 82 (22.7%) | 24 (18.0%) | 106 (21.4%) |
| URTI | 65 (18.0%) | 18 (13.5%) | 83 (16.8%) |
| No antibiotics were provided despite SP request | 87 (24.0%) | 66 (49.6%) | 153 (30.9%) |
| Child diarrhoea | 51 (14.1%) | 36 (27.1%) | 87 (17.6%) |
| Presumptive TB | 17 (4.7%) | 15 (11.3%) | 32 (6.5%) |
| URTI | 19 (5.2%) | 15 (11.3%) | 34 (6.9%) |
TB, tuberculosis; UTRI, upper respiratory tract infection.