Table 2 Antibiotics given without prescription at Stages 1, 2 and 3 by pharmacy characteristics
From: Widespread illegal sales of antibiotics in Chinese pharmacies – a nationwide cross-sectional study
n(%) | Overall Success n(%) with 95% CI | Success at Stage 1 n (%) with 95% CI | Success at Stage 2 n (%) 95% CI | Success at Stage 3 n (%) 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Level | |||||
City | 367(33.2) | 82.3(78.4,86.2) | 23.2(18.8,27.5) | 51.2(46.1,56.4) | 7.9(5.1,10.7) |
County | 433(39.2) | 82.7(79.1,86.3) | 22.6(18.7,26.6) | 53.8(49.1,58.5) | 6.2(3.9,8.5) |
Township | 306(27.7) | 86.6(82.8,90.4) | 31.4(26.1,36.6) | 50.7(45.0,56.3) | 4.6(2.2,6.9) |
Chain | 702(63.5) | 82.6(79.8,85.4) | 23.6(20.5,26.8) | 52.0(48.3,55.7) | 7.0(5.1,8.9) |
Independent | 404(36.5) | 85.4(81.9,88.9) | 28.0(23.6,32.4) | 52.2(47.3,57.1) | 5.2(3.0,7.4) |
p-value | 0.23 | 0.11 | 0.94 | 0.24 | |
< 2 km from hospital | 588(53.2) | 81.3(78.1,84.5) | 23.6(20.2,27.1) | 51.0(47.0,55.1) | 6.6(4.6,8.6) |
> 2 km from hospital | 518(46.8) | 86.3(83.3,89.3) | 27.0(23.2,30.9) | 53.3(49.0,57.6) | 6.0(3.9,8.0) |
p-value | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.45 | 0.66 | |
Special counter for antibiotics | 922(83.4) | 84.8(82.5,87.1) | 24.3(21.5,27.1) | 53.9(50.7,57.1) | 6.6(5.0,8.2) |
No counter for antibiotics | 184(16.6) | 77.7(71.6,83.8) | 29.9(23.2,36.6) | 42.9(35.7,50.2) | 4.9(1.7,8.0) |
p-value | 0.02 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.38 | |
Sign for prescription drugs | 1011(91.4) | 83.2(80.9,85.5) | 24.9(22.3,27.6) | 52.3(49.2,55.4) | 5.9(4.5,7.4) |
No sign for prescription drugs | 95(8.6) | 88.4(81.9,95.0) | 28.4(19.2,37.7) | 49.5(39.2,59.7) | 10.5(4.2,16.8) |
p-value | 0.19 | 0.57 | 0.59 | 0.08 | |
Licensed pharmacist employed in pharmacy | 485(43.9) | 80.8(77.3,84.3) | 21.9(18.2,25.5) | 50.9(46.5,55.4) | 8.0(5.6,10.5) |
Licensed pharmacist employed, not in pharmacy | 275(24.9) | 81.1(76.4,85.7) | 24.0(18.9,29.1) | 51.6(45.7,57.6) | 5.5(2.8,8.2) |
No licensed pharmacist employed | 346(31.3) | 89.6(86.4,92.8) | 30.9(26.0,35.8) | 54.0(48.8,59.3) | 4.6(2.4,6.8) |
p-value | 0.001 | 0.01 | 0.67 | 0.11 | |