The Cross-Sectional Evaluation of the Use of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy for Treatment of Malaria Infection at a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:27.13em"/><col style="width:4.57em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Variable</td><td class="align_center">Value</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Average number of drugs prescribed per encounter (mean ± SD)</td><td class="align_center">4.8 ± 1.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Percentage encounter with an antibiotic (%)</td><td class="align_center">37.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Percentage encounter with an injection (%)</td><td class="align_center">1.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Percentage of drugs prescribed by generic name (%)</td><td class="align_center">49.3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Percentage of drugs prescribed from EDL (%)</td><td class="align_center">63.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Percentage drugs dispensed (%)</td><td class="align_center">91.8</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Journal of Tropical Medicine

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Table 3: The Cross-Sectional Evaluation of the Use of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy for Treatment of Malaria Infection at a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria 

Table 3 | The Cross-Sectional Evaluation of the Use of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy for Treatment of Malaria Infection at a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria 