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Table 5 Cost analysis of the antibiotic prescriptions

From: Evaluating antimicrobial prescribing in a Tertiary Healthcare Institution in Nigeria

Items

Cost factor ($)

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