Knowledge and Attitude toward Antibiotic Use and Identification of Financially Feasible Options to Curb the Spread of Antibiotics in Environment

Figure 6

Reasons for self-medication. The responses against self-medication are shown. The values indicate the percentage of the respondents; the blue colour indicates various reasons related to the doctors; the orange denotes antibiotic usage because “I know it works”; the grey colour denotes usage after consulting a pharmacist/medical person; the yellow colour denotes usage because it was available at home; the navy blue denotes usage after a suggestion was made by a family member/friend, while the green colour indicates usage because the disease was nonacute in nature. (a) Rural. (b) Urban.

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