A comprehensive situation assessment of injection practices in primary health care hospitals in Bangladesh

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Types and patterns of injection use

Variables	Injection use rate (%)
Percentage of injection use vs. other medications (n = 4230)
Injections only	68.7
Oral medications only	20.8
Injections and oral medications	10.2
Other medications	1.3
Types of Medications (n = 3354)*
Antibiotics	78.3
Intravenous fluids	38.6
Analgesic/pain killers	29.4
Vitamins	26.7
Anti-histamines	18.5
Sedatives	13.4
Anti-malarial	08.6
Others	24.8
Number of injections per prescription (n = 3354)
1-2	32.8
> 2	67.2

*Adds up to more than 100% because analysis is derived from the analysis of multiple responses using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences.

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