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Predictors of antibiotics co-prescription with antimalarials for patients presenting with fever in rural Tanzania

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Title
Predictors of antibiotics co-prescription with antimalarials for patients presenting with fever in rural Tanzania
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BMC Public Health, November 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1097
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Mustafa Njozi, Mbaraka Amuri, Majige Selemani, Irene Masanja, Brown Kigahe, Rashid Khatib, Dan Kajungu, Salim Abdula, Alexander N Dodoo

Abstract

Successful implementation of malaria treatment policy depends on the prescription practices for patients with malaria. This paper describes prescription patterns and assesses factors associated with co-prescription of antibiotics and artemether-lumefantrine (AL) for patients presenting with fever in rural Tanzania.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Tanzania, United Republic of 2 2%
United Kingdom 2 2%
Burundi 1 1%
Indonesia 1 1%
Japan 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Unknown 76 90%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 21%
Student > Master 12 14%
Researcher 10 12%
Student > Bachelor 9 11%
Student > Postgraduate 8 10%
Other 16 19%
Unknown 11 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 35 42%
Social Sciences 10 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 5%
Other 12 14%
Unknown 14 17%