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Table 3 Distribution of prescriptions according to appropriateness

From: Rational prescribing of antibiotics in children under 5 years with upper respiratory tract infections in Kintampo Municipal Hospital in Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana

Parameter

No. appropriate

Prescriptions (N = 270)

% inappropriate

% appropriate

No. inappropriate

Dose

251

93.0

19

7.0

Frequency

258

95.6

12

4.4

Duration

261

96.7

9

3.3