Table 1.
Demographics of prescribers and pharmacists who completed an antimicrobial stewardship KAP survey in an integrated health care network: Small versus large community hospitals
| Prescribers | Pharmacists | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | SCH a | LCH b | SCH c | LCH d |
| Response, n (%) | 154 (11) | 247 (10) | 33 (61) | 138 (64) |
| Graduate school graduation year, median (IQR) | 1995 c | 1994 c | 1998 d | 2005 e |
| (1985–2003) | (1985–2003) | (1990–2008) | (1995–2010) | |
| Care location in which majority of clinical time is spent | ||||
| Inpatient | 17 (11) | 73 (29) | 30 (91) | 111 (80) |
| Outpatient | 98 (64) | 99 (40) | 0 | 5 (4) |
| Both | 23 (15) | 38 (15) | 2 (6) | 6 (4) |
| Emergency | 13 (8) | 34 (14) | 0 | 9 (7) |
| Other | 3 (2) | 3 (1) | 1 (3) | 7 (5) |
Note: KAP = knowledge, attitudes, and practices; LCH = large community hospital; SCH = small community hospital.
a
<200 beds.
b
≥200 beds.
c
Only 1 prescriber graduated after 2010.
d
Only 1 pharmacist graduated in 2013.
e
Thirteen pharmacists graduated in 2013, many of whom were likely to be residents.