The treatment of non-malarial febrile illness in Papua New Guinea: findings from cross sectional and longitudinal studies of health worker practice

Table 4 Antibiotic prescription relative to diagnosis, according to Papua New Guinea Standard Treatment Guidelines

^aPercentages only calculated for patients in those diagnostic categories in which the PNG standard treatment quidelines recommend an antibiotic prescription (n = 2132)
^bPercentages only calculated for patients in those diagnostic categories in which the PNG standard treatment quidelines do not recommend an antibiotic prescription (n = 943)
^cAnalysis limited to those participants for whom an ‘adherence rating’ (Table 2) could be made

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