Table 4 Drug prescribing by reason to consult (N = 1281)
Variable | Reason to consult | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | Respiratory | Digestive | Cardiovascular | Diarrhoea | Pregnancy | Genitourinary | Injuries | Skin disease | Diabetes | Anaemia | Other | |
N | 1281 | 324 | 115 | 156 | 114 | 220 | 101 | 38 | 22 | 15 | 74 | 102 |
Mean number of drugs | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
SD | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
% IV injections | 31.1 | 17.9 | 28.7 | 50.0 | 29.0 | 26.8 | 47.5 | 42.1 | 4.6 | 60.0 | 40.5 | 32.4 |
% non IV injections | 45.6 | 44.1 | 44.4 | 48.1 | 36.8 | 42.7 | 65.4 | 57.9 | 22.7 | 46.7 | 50.0 | 41.2 |
% Antibiotics | 52.9 | 66.7 | 50.4 | 49.4 | 47.4 | 40.9 | 64.4 | 60.5 | 31.8 | 53.3 | 51.4 | 41.2 |
% Vitamins | 61.0 | 63.6 | 64.4 | 55.8 | 60.5 | 66.8 | 57.4 | 44.7 | 54.6 | 40.0 | 68.9 | 52.9 |