Table 4.

Antibiotic use inpatients at five regional hospitals of Limpopo Province by ward activity

Hospital	Total patients admitted	Number of patients on antibiotics	Medical			Surgical			Intensive care unit			P-value	Cramér’s V
			Admitted	Antibiotic use		Admitted	Antibiotic use		Admitted	Antibiotic use
	N	n	N	n	%	N	n	%	N	n	%
Hospital A	111	39	39	18	46.2	68	17	25.0	4	4	100.0	0.002	0.336
Hospital B	205	66	103	15	14.6	89	40	44.9	13	11	84.6	0.000	0.429
Hospital C	119	47	58	28	48.3	54	17	31.5	7	2	28.6	0.159	0.176
Hospital D	210	63	114	33	23.9	80	18	22.5	16	12	75.0	0.000	0.290
Hospital E	159	46	70	26	37.1	78	13	16.7	11	7	63.6	0.001	0.301
Total	804	261	384	120	31.3	369	105	28.5	51	35	68.6	0.000	0.204

N population, n frequency