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Table 1 Percentage of Pharmacies Willing to Sell Antibiotics without Medical Prescription According to Strength of Patient Demand

From: Non prescribed sale of antibiotics in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross Sectional Study

Level of demand

Sore

throat

n = 58

Acute

sinusitis

n = 55

Otitis

media

n = 53

Acute

bronchitis

n = 44

Diarrhea

n = 59

UTI

n = 58

All

n = 327

Level one

53 (90%)

22(40%)

27(51%)

32(73%)

53(90%)

44(75%)

231(70%)

Level two

or three

0(0%)

16(29%)

0(0%)

3(7%)

4(7%)

0(0%)

23(7%)

All level s

53(90%)

38(69%)

27(51%)

35(80%)

57(97%)

44(75%)

254(77.6%)

Evidence based

appropriateness

of antibiotics use

[Reference]

Antibiotics

use confer

relative

benefits [28]

No[29]

Antibiotics

use confer

small

benefits[30]

No [31]

No[32]

Yes[33]

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