Impact of antimicrobial stewardship programs on antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance in four Colombian healthcare institutions

Table 1 Characteristics of the four institutions that participated in this study

	Institutions
	A	B	C	D
City	Barranquilla	Cali	Cali	Cali
Number of hospital beds	500	450	900	150
Ownership	Private	Public	Public	Private
Clinical services	General hospital*	General hospital*	General hospital*	Cardiovascular and neurosurgery
Organ transplantation	No	No	Bone marrow	No

*All general hospitals had emergency departments, general wards, intensive care units, and general and specialized surgery

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