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Table 2 Characteristics of patient encounters prescribed with antibiotics

From: Antibiotic prescribing in public and private practice: a cross-sectional study in primary care clinics in Malaysia

 

Public

Private

Overall

 

n = 755

n = 5055

n = 5810

P-valuea

Gender

    

 Male

309 (41.4 %)

2584 (51.8 %)

2893 (50.4 %)

p = 0.0005

 Female

437 (58.6 %)

2407 (48.2 %)

2844 (49.6 %)

 

Age group (year)

    

  < 1

26 (3.5 %)

74 (1.5 %)

100 (1.7 %)

p = 0.0001

 1–9

159 (21.1 %)

774 (15.4 %)

933 (16.1 %)

 

 10–19

127 (16.9 %)

519 (10.3 %)

646 (11.2 %)

 

 20–39

231 (30.6 %)

2171 (43.2 %)

2402 (41.6 %)

 

 40–59

151 (20.0 %)

1145 (22.8 %)

1296 (22.4 %)

 

  ≥ 60

59 (7.9 %)

342 (6.8 %)

401 (7.0 %)

 

Education level

    

 No formal education

68 (12.4 %)

406 (10.8 %)

474 (11.0 %)

p = 0.0036

 Primary

132 (24.3 %)

652 (17.3 %)

784 (18.2 %)

 

 Secondary

272 (49.9 %)

1726 (45.9 %)

1998 (46.4 %)

 

 Tertiary

73 (13.4 %)

975 (25.9 %)

1048 (24.4 %)

 

Income level (MYR, per month)

    

 No income

324 (52.3 %)

1250 (32.5 %)

1574 (35.3 %)

p < 0.001

 Less than 400

12 (2.0 %)

7 (0.2 %)

19 (0.4 %)

 

 400–999

63 (10.2 %)

259 (6.7 %)

322 (7.2 %)

 

 1000–1999

110 (17.8 %)

789 (20.5 %)

899 (20.1 %)

 

 2000–2999

56 (9.0 %)

697 (18.1 %)

753 (16.9 %)

 

 3000–3999

36 (5.8 %)

412 (10.7 %)

448 (10.0 %)

 

 4000–4999

10 (1.6 %)

199 (5.2 %)

209 (4.7 %)

 

 5000 and above

8 (1.4 %)

232 (6.0 %)

240 (5.4 %)

 
  1. Subtotal might not sum up to the total count because of missing values
  2. aP-value from Chi-square test for comparison between public and private clinics, p < 0.05 considered as statistically significant