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Table 1 Number of oral dosage forms dispensed to children and their basic characteristics

From: Rational dispensing of oral dosage forms of medicines to children at a teaching hospital in Sri Lanka

Setting

Number of ODFs (%)

Number of children (%)

Solid

Liquid

Total

Solid

Liquid

Total

Clinic

Age category

  Infants and toddlers

196 (75)

67 (25)

263

63 (59)

43 (41)

106 (29.9)

  Preschool children

267 (81)

62 (19)

329

99 (76)

31 (24)

130 (36.6)

  School age children

299 (97)

09 (3)

308

116 (98)

3 (2)

119 (33.5)

Total

762

138

900

278

77

355 (100)

OPD

Age category

  Term new-born

00 (0)

03 (100)

03

00 (0)

02 (100)

2 (0.5)

  Infants and toddlers

03 (1)

336 (99)

339

01 (1)

140 (99)

141 (38)

  Preschool children

16 (4)

391 (96)

407

7 (4)

155 (96)

162 (43.5)

  School age children

74 (49)

77 (51)

151

29 (43)

38 (57)

67 (18)

Total

93

807

900

37

335

372 (100)

Clinic

OPD

Gender

  Male

191 (53.8)

   

Male

185 (49.7)

  Female

164 (46.2)

   

Female

187 (50.3)

Total

355 (100)

   

Total

372 (100)