Culturally, many patients expect antibiotic treatment and a doctor’s decision to withhold antibiotic in a case with low probability of bacterial infection may be not accepted, particularly as patients may buy the drugs over the counter. Changing this mindset requires national educational programs ...
coli Selection of antibiotics for the study was based on literature survey [43,44] and information obtained regarding antibiotics prescribed by Public Health Centre (PHC) doctors or private practitioners and over-the-counter antibiotics dispensed by private and PHC chemists in selected villages (data ...
Among others, we elicited attitudes and knowledge of antibiotics that corresponded broadly to WHO messages (e.g., [22]), by asking four questions on whether respondents: (a) Would buy antibiotics over the counter, (b) would prefer antibiotics over alternatives, (c) would keep antibiotics for...