Table 4.

Antibiotic prescription patterns in U.S., French, Danish, Finnish, Polish, and Greek hospitals

Group	% of total antibiotic consumption by drug groupa in:
	United States		France		Denmark	Finland	Poland	Greece
	GW	ICU	GW	ICU
A	15	11	21	11	45	13	19	14
B	57	58	44	63	29	32	46	49
C	18	16	18	17	14	15	13	19
D	10	15	17	9	12	40	22	18
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

^aThe data represent the baseline classifications for all prescribed antibiotics into four antibiotic groups, A, B, C, and D. Ward-specific data were available only for U.S. and French hospitals (9, 28, 34).