Effects of a clinical pathway on antibiotic use in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a multi-site study in China

Table 2 Comparison of compliance rates for antibiotic use between the CP and non-CP groups

Items	Total (n = 531)		CP group (n = 352)		Non-CP group (n = 179)		p-value
Items	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value
Timely administration of antibiotics	455	85.69	319	90.63	136	75.98	< 0.0001
Use of recommended antibiotics	376	70.81	282	80.11	94	52.51	< 0.0001
One category of antibiotics used	239	83.28 ^a	176	93.62	63	63.64	< 0.0001
Use of recommended combination of antibiotics	140	57.38	109	66.46	31	38.75	0.001
Overall compliance^b	232	43.69	180	51.14	52	29.05	< 0.0001

^aCompliance rates for the use of recommended antibiotics in inpatients with CAP who used only one antibiotic were significantly different from the compliance rates for the use of recommended combinations of antibiotics (p < 0.0001);
^bOverall compliance applied to cases that met the requirements of timely use of initial antibiotics (≤ 8 h), use of recommended antibiotics and use of the recommended antibiotic combination

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