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Table 2 Distribution of admitted patients and patients prescribed antibiotics; by department and sex in a Teaching and a Non-teaching hospital in Ujjain district, India

From: Antibiotic prescribing in two private sector hospitals; one teaching and one non-teaching: A cross-sectional study in Ujjain, India

Department

Teaching hospital

Non-teaching hospital

 

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Pediatric

229 (48) [5]

132 (45) [6]

97 (52) [3]

638 (83) [30]

453 (84) [29]

185 (82) [31]

NICU

16 (69) [0]

5 (60) [0]

11 (73) [0]

219 (91) [11]

91 (91) [13]

128 (91) [9]

Medicine

675 (71) [21]

289 (77) [18]

386 (67) [23]

1629 (73) [21]

831 (76) [22]

798 (69) [20]

Ob-Gy

216 (90) [45]

_

216 (90) [45]

417 (82) [29]

12 (75) [8]

405 (83) [30]

Surgery

695 (94) [44]

508 (94) [46]

187 (95) [38]

938 (89) [55]

639 (91) [64]

299 (86) [38]

Orthopedics

262 (72) [38]

178 (75) [34]

84 (68) [48]

266 (86) [23]

171 (88) [28]

95 (82) [13]

ENT

197 (95) [78]

111 (97) [77]

86 (92) [79]

53 (85) [38]

27 (89) [48]

26 (81) [27]

Ophthalmology

149 (99) [83]

76 (99) [80]

73 (100) [86]

7 (86) [20]

3 (100) [33]

4 (75) [75]

Pulmonary Medicine

225 (98) [41]

171 (99) [42]

54 (96) [37]

25 (88) [35]

19 (90) [16]

6 (83) [33]

ICU

116 (78) [3]

61 (77) [2]

55 (78) [6]

418 (75) [14]

256 (69) [5]

162 (75) [4]

Casualty

224 (80) [13]

124 (86) [13]

100 (75) [14]

_

_

_

Private

_

_

_

771 (74) [4]

461 (73) [32]

310 (75) [39]

Total

3004 (78) [35]

1655 (85) [36]

1349 (79) [35]

5381 (79) [29]

2963 (81) [32]

2418 (77) [26]

  1. n (%) [%]: Absolute number of admitted patients (percentage of inpatients on antibiotic during hospital stay) [percentage of inpatients prescribed antibiotic at discharge]NICU = Neonatal Intensive care unit; Ob-Gy = Obstetrics and Gynecology; ENT = Ear, Nose and Throat; ICU = Intensive Care Unit.