Table 2 Prescribing frequency (%) of different anti-malarials by 511 interviewed physicians by sector or state, India, 2008
From: Prescription practices and availability of artemisinin monotherapy in India: where do we stand?
| Â | Public | Private | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treatment | Always | Often | Some | Rarely | Never | Always | Often | Some | Rarely | Never |
Chloroquine | 63.6 | 18.0 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 57.3 | 7.3 | 14.1 | 3.9 | 17.5 |
SP | 1.6 | 5.6 | 13.4 | 10.8 | 68.2 | 2.9 | 10.7 | 6.8 | 11.2 | 68.5 |
Mefloquine | 1.0 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 80.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 84.5 |
Quinine | 7.2 | 22.6 | 23.3 | 11.8 | 34.8 | 10.7 | 16.5 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 39.8 |
ASP | 14.1 | 11.2 | 20.0 | 8.5 | 45.9 | 10.2 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 5.8 | 61.7 |
As alone | 6.9 | 20.0 | 23.3 | 12.5 | 37.1 | 18.5 | 20.9 | 16.0 | 12.1 | 32.5 |
As+other | 3.6 | 4.9 | 10.8 | 7.2 | 73.1 | 7.8 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 78.6 |
| Â | Assam | Goa | ||||||||
Chloroquine | 65.7 | 14.8 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 7.4 | 87.9 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
SP | 0.9 | 6.5 | 15.7 | 18.5 | 58.3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 9.1 | 80.3 |
Mefloquine | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 7.4 | 88.9 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 12.1 | 72.7 |
Quinine | 10.2 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 17.6 | 13.0 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 16.7 | 22.7 | 51.5 |
ASP | 4.6 | 12.0 | 21.3 | 8.3 | 53.7 | 47.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 9.1 | 18.2 |
As alone | 6.5 | 18.5 | 27.8 | 11.1 | 36.1 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 77.3 |
As+other | 4.6 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 90.7 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 78.8 |
| Â | Gujarat | Delhi | ||||||||
Chloroquine | 79.4 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 16.3 | 55.6 | 34.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 8.3 |
SP | 1.1 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 85.9 | 2.8 | 15.3 | 18.1 | 12.5 | 51.4 |
Mefloquine | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 96.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 23.6 | 8.3 | 62.5 |
Quinine | 5.4 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 64.1 | 2.8 | 16.7 | 18.1 | 9.7 | 52.8 |
ASP | 1.1 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 90.2 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 20.8 | 11.1 | 61.1 |
As alone | 13.0 | 15.2 | 22.8 | 15.2 | 33.7 | 8.3 | 19.4 | 11.1 | 18.1 | 43.1 |
As+other | 14.1 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 81.5 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 90.3 |
| Â | Jharkhand | Orissa | ||||||||
Chloroquine | 47.6 | 10.5 | 15.2 | 9.5 | 17.1 | 29.4 | 17.7 | 29.4 | 10.3 | 13.2 |
SP | 3.8 | 12.4 | 8.6 | 11.4 | 63.8 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 73.5 |
Mefloquine | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.6 | 12.4 | 77.1 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 89.7 |
Quinine | 13.3 | 31.4 | 16.2 | 9.5 | 29.5 | 11.8 | 22.1 | 29.4 | 19.1 | 17.7 |
ASP | 6.7 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 10.5 | 54.3 | 27.9 | 25.0 | 23.5 | 4.4 | 19.1 |
As alone | 15.2 | 30.5 | 28.6 | 15.2 | 10.5 | 17.7 | 30.9 | 17.7 | 8.8 | 25.0 |
As+other | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 91.4 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 92.7 |