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Table 2 Answer summary to questions

From: Patients’ acceptance of placebo antibiotics in Japan: a prescription for antimicrobial resistance

(a) “What will you do when you see the notice above?”

Notice type

Active approval

Passive approval

Refusal

p value

Type 1

155

63.3%

61

24.9%

29

11.8%

n.s

Type 2

177

71.4%

50

20.2%

21

8.5%

Type 3

168

68.6%

45

18.4%

32

13.1%

Type 4

168

68.3%

47

19.1%

31

12.6%

Total

668

67.9%

203

20.6%

113

11.5%

 

(b) “How would you consider visiting the medical institution that displayed such a notice?”

Notice type

Continue visiting

Change, if possible

Never revisit

p value

Type 1

177

71.7%

62

25.1%

8

3.2%

n.s

Type 2

187

75.7%

51

20.6%

9

3.6%

Type 3

171

69.8%

67

27.3%

7

2.9%

Type 4

179

72.8%

53

21.5%

14

5.7%

Total

714

72.5%

233

23.7%

38

3.9%

 
  1. Chi-squared test
  2. n.s. not significant