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Table 3 Characteristics of key informants

From: Drivers of irrational use of antibiotics among children: a mixed-method study among prescribers and dispensers in Tanzania

Variable

Prescribers n(%)

Dispenser n(%)

Age (years)

  < 35

8(57)

10(71)

 35 and above

6(43)

4(29)

Sex

 Male

5(36)

10(71)

 Female

9(64)

4(29)

Professional education level

 Postgraduate

5(36)

0(0)

 Graduate

9(64)

10(71)

 Diploma

0(0)

4(29)

Experience of working with pediatric patients (years)

 2

4(29)

5(36)

 3 and above

10(71)

9(64)

  1. Prescriber means entitled to write antibiotics prescription, Dispenser means entitled to dispense antibiotics