Table 5. Cross tabulation of frequency of doses of antibiotics and patient’s age category, and patient type.
Frequency of Doses | ||||||
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Less frequent | Standard | More frequent | ||||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Patient type | p<0.001 | |||||
Inpatient | 38 | 27.9 | 92 | 67.6 | 6 | 4.4 |
Outpatient | 46 | 34.1 | 78 | 57.8 | 11 | 8.1 |
Emergency | 10 | 7.5 | 119 | 88.8 | 5 | 3.7 |
Age category | p = 0.002 | |||||
Term Neonatal | 40 | 28.8 | 94 | 67.6 | 5 | 3.6 |
Infancy | 20 | 24.7 | 49 | 60.5 | 12 | 14.8 |
Toddler | 13 | 26.0 | 35 | 70.0 | 2 | 4.0 |
Early childhood | 9 | 12.9 | 59 | 84.3 | 2 | 2.9 |
Middle childhood | 8 | 16.3 | 40 | 81.6 | 1 | 2.0 |
Adolescence | 4 | 25.0 | 12 | 75.0 | 0 | 0.0 |