Table 2

Percentage of respondents who reported how many of their supervisors expected various information to be written on prescriptions: N = 171.

INFORMATION TO BE WRITTEN ON A PRESCRIPTIONRESPONDENTS WHO REPORTED HOW MANY OF THEIR SUPERVISORS EXPECTED THEM TO WRITE THE INFORMATION ON PRESCRIPTIONS, %*
ALMOST ALL SUPERVISORSMOST SUPERVISORSABOUT HALF OF THE SUPERVISORSA MINORITY OF SUPERVISORSALMOST NONE
Physician’s name, in block letters or stamped43.926.915.28.75.3
Changes made to the drug prescribed (discontinue, increase or reduce dose)38.022.24.616.418.7
Creatinine clearance (if patient suffers from renal impairment)33.932.215.212.95.8
Child’s weight (if appropriate)18.78.24.713.555.0
Therapeutic intent4.74.17.122.461.5
  • * Some percentages do not add to 100% owing to rounding.