Table 3.
Distribution of prescribed antibiotics and daily frequency of antibiotic exposure in French hospitals among the study's four antibiotic groupsa
| Study group | Baseline classification (uncertainty range) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of total antibiotic consumption |
Prevalence (%) of patients exposed to antibiotics |
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| GW | ICU | GW | ICU | |
| A | 21 | 11 | 5.7 | 6.6 |
| B | 44 (44–72) | 63 (63–82) | 11.9 (11.9–19.4) | 37.8 (37.8–49.2) |
| C | 18 (0–30) | 17 (0–24) | 4.8 (0–8.1) | 10.2 (0–14.4) |
| D | 17 (5–17) | 9 (6–9) | 4.6 (1.3–4.6) | 5.4 (3.6–5.4) |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 27 | 60 |
a
Based on a classification of detailed drug consumption data from the ESAC and the French Coordination Centers to fight Nosocomial Infections (C-CLIN) study (9, 34) in ICUs and GWs. The data represent the baseline values and the ranges due to uncertainties in the classification into groups B, C, and D.