Table 3.
Doctors’ responses to discipline-specific questions by setting (n = 79)
| Academic | Nonacademic | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 50; % of respondents) | (n = 29; % of respondents) | ||
| Microbiology results are available timeously | 71.4 | 55.2 | 0.225 |
| I routinely check microbiology results to guide therapy | 98.0 | 93.1 | 0.639 |
| Updated local antibiograms were available in the last year | 30.6 | 41.4 | 0.472 |
| I routinely de-escalate from intravenous to oral therapy at around Day 3, if clinically possible | 91.8 | 86.2 | 0.685 |
| I routinely de-escalate from broad-spectrum to narrow-spectrum agents | 95.9 | 79.3 | 0.051 |
| I routinely assess the need for continued antimicrobials | 93.9 | 89.7 | 0.813 |
| I obtain information on previous hospitalization or antimicrobial exposure in all patients | 71.4 | 75.9 | 0.871 |
| Restriction policies impair provision of good patient care | 20.4 | 31.0 | 0.433 |