Table 4. Duration of hospital stay.

	Intravenous arm n=60	Oral arm n=66
No. (%) of episodes with in-patient stay lengtha
1 day	0	23 (34.8)
2 days	8 (13.3)	13 (19.7)
3 days	11 (18.3)	13 (19.7)
4 days	14 (23.3)	5 (7.6)
5 days	10 (16.7)	6 (9.1)
6 days	10 (16.7)	1 (1.5)
7 or more days	7 (11.7)	5 (7.6)
Median (range)	4 (2–8)*	2 (1–16)
Total number of in-patient days	265	199

^*P<0.0005, Mann–Whitney U-test.

^aIncludes duration of initial admission and after readmission where appropriate.