From: Evaluating antimicrobial prescribing in a Tertiary Healthcare Institution in Nigeria
Items | Cost factor ($) | ||||||
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Number of antibiotics per prescription | Prescriptions with antibiotics | Mean number of drugs per prescription | Sum of items per prescription | Antibiotics cost (total) | Antibiotics cost (mean) | The total cost of items in the prescription (USD) | The average cost of items (USD) |
One | 296 | 4.28 ± 1.69 | 1268 | 1,482.283 | 2.66172 | 3,175.19191 | 6.39858 |
Two | 132 | 4.46 ± 1.69 | 618 | 2,964.56588 | 6.57331 | 1,043.7215 | 14.0807 |
Three | 22 | 5.55 ± 1.69 | 122 | 139.974 | 6.36419 | 237.4882 | 10.7949 |