Table 2 The average and difference mean of number and price of total drug and antibiotic items among prescriptions with and without antibiotic
From: Prescribing pattern of antibiotics by family physicians in primary health care
Variables | Prescription | Mean ± SD | p-value | Mean difference | 95% Confidence interval | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | With antibiotic | Without antibiotic | Â | Â | Â | Lower bound | Upper bound |
Total of drug number | 2229 | 1475 | 3.47 ± 1.3 | 0.001 | 0.47 | 0.31 | 0.62 |
Total of antibiotic number | 772 | 0 | 1.27 ± 76 | – | – | – | – |
*Overall price of prescriptions | 37,719,35 | 25,329,210 | 59,034.23 ± 9161.65 | 0.018 | 7196.55 | 1260 | 13,132 |
Price of antibiotics per prescription | 21,284 | 0 | 35,065.19 ± 4172.86 | – | – | – | – |