Table 3.
Antibiotics prescribed by indication groups among the study hospitals
| medical | surgical | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indication group | Antrim Area Hospital (n (%); 239 antibiotic prescriptions) |
Specialty Hospital (n (%); 65 antibiotic prescriptions) |
p value | Antrim Area Hospital (n (%);66 antibiotic prescriptions) |
Specialty Hospital (n (%); 56 antibiotic prescriptions) |
p value |
| Community-acquired infection (CAI) | 170 (71.1) | 39 (60.0) | 0.086 | 37 (56.1) | 5 (8.9) | < 0.001 |
| Hospital-acquired infection (HAI) | 43 (18.0) | 0 | n/a | 6 (9.0) | 0 | n/a |
| Surgery prophylaxis | 10 (4.2) | 11 (16.9) | < 0.001 | 21 (31.8) | 50 (89.2) | < 0.001 |
| Medical prophylaxis | 15 (6.3) | 15 (23.1) | < 0.001 | 2 (3.0) | 1 (1.8) | 0.653 |
n/a: not applicable