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Table 3 Clinical characteristics and antibiotic prescribing among patients with severe infections at two private sector hospitals

From: Antibiotic prescribing among patients with severe infectious diseases in two private sector hospitals in Central India – a time series analysis over 10 years

 

NTH,

n (%)

TH,

n (%)

Odds ratio

(95% CI)

P-value

All included patients,

n (%)

2504 (100)

1262 (100)

  

Mean age

49.2

47.1

 

< 0.01

Women, n (%)

894 (36)

301 (24)

  

Men, n (%)

1610 (64)

961 (76)

  

Patients prescribed ABs, n (%)

2294 (92)

1122 (89)

1.36 (1.08, 1.72)

< 0.05

AB prescriptions, n (n of prescriptions per patients prescribed AB)

18,751 (8)

24,956 (22)

  

Cellulitis

388 (15)

402 (32)

  

Mean age

50.4

48.7

 

0.16

Women, n (%)

101 (26)

79 (20)

  

Men, n (%)

287 (74)

323 (80)

  

Patients prescribed ABs, n (%)

354 (91)

362 (90)

1.15 (0.69,1.91)

0.57

AB prescriptions, n (n of prescriptions per patients prescribed AB)

3505 (10)

8608 (24)

  

Endocarditis

7 (0)

2 (0)

  

Mean age

45.6

35.0

 

0.21

Women, n (%)

3 (43)

2 (100)

  

Men, n (%)

4 (57)

0 (0)

  

Patients prescribed ABs, n (%)

6 (86)

1 (50)

6 (0.04,547.49)

0.28

AB prescriptions, n (n of prescriptions per patients prescribed AB)

33 (6)

54 (54)

  

Epiglottitis

12 (0)

1 (0)

  

Mean age

35.8

40.0

 

0.25

Women, n (%)

6 (50)

0 (0)

  

Men, n (%)

6 (50)

1 (100)

  

Patients prescribed ABs, n (%)

11 (92)

1 (100)

AB prescriptions, n (n of prescriptions per patients prescribed AB)

57 (5)

2 (2)

  

Meningitis

186 (7)

38 (3)

  

Mean age

40.6

37.0

 

0.24

Women, n (%)

90 (48)

15 (39)

  

Men, n (%)

96 (52)

23 (61)

  

Patients prescribed ABs, n (%)

167 (90)

27 (71)

3.58 (1.37, 8.93)

< 0.05

AB prescriptions, n (n of prescriptions per patients prescribed AB)

1126 (7)

442 (16)

  

Peritonitis

431 (17)

252 (20)

  

Mean age

44.4

44.0

 

0.71

Women, n (%)

52 (12)

35 (14)

  

Men, n (%)

379 (88)

217 (86)

  

Patients prescribed ABs, n (%)

402 (93)

233 (92)

1.13 (0.58, 2.14)

0.69

AB prescriptions, n (n of prescriptions per patients prescribed AB)

4909 (12)

6715 (29)

  

Pneumonia

761 (30)

410 (32)

  

Mean age

49.6

48.4

 

0.30

Women, n (%)

294 (39)

100 (24)

  

Men, n (%)

467 (61)

310 (76)

  

Patients prescribed ABs, n (%)

692 (91)

366 (89)

1.21 (0.78, 1.83)

0.36

AB prescriptions, n (n of prescriptions per patients prescribed AB)

4686 (7)

6179 (17)

  

Pyelonephritis

71 (3)

3 (0)

  

Mean age

42.3

26.7

 

< 0.01

Women, n (%)

32 (45)

2 (67)

  

Men, n (%)

39 (55)

1 (33)

  

Patients prescribed ABs, n (%)

68 (96)

2 (67)

11.33 (0.14,262.11)

0.16

AB prescriptions, n (n of prescriptions per patients prescribed AB)

518 (8)

89 (45)

  

Septic arthritis

3 (0)

38 (3)

  

Mean age

43.3

45.0

 

0.93

Women, n (%)

1 (33)

15 (39)

  

Men, n (%)

2 (67)

23 (61)

  

Patients prescribed ABs, n (%)

3 (100)

29 (76)

AB prescriptions, n (n of prescriptions per patients prescribed AB)

15 (5)

1159 (40)

  

Sepsis

645 (26)

116 (9)

  

Mean age

54.9

49.2

 

< 0.01

Women, n (%)

315 (49)

53 (46)

  

Men, n (%)

330 (51)

63 (54)

  

Patients prescribed ABs, n (%)

591 (92)

101 (87)

1.6 (0.82,3.0)

0.11

AB prescriptions, n (n of prescriptions per patients prescribed AB)

3902 (7)

1708 (17)

  
  1. Notes: P-values for mean age were obtained by linear regression. Odds ratios, p-values and CIs for antibiotic prescribing were obtained by chi-square tests. Statistically significant p-values are marked in bold font
  2. Abbreviations: AB Antibiotic, CI Confidence interval, n Number, NTH Non-teaching hospital, OR Odds ratio, TH Teaching hospital