Table 4.

Mixed effects logistic regression analysis of potential drivers associated with antibiotic prescribing

Variable	OR (95% confidence interval)	p value
Patient admitted to		0.108
Regular ward exclusively	Ref
ICU	1.96 (0.86–4.48)
Presence of fever at admission		0.004*
No	Ref
Yes	2.97 (1.42–6.21)
History of pulmonary disease		0.030*
No	Ref
Yes	3.04 (1.12–8.27)
Neutrophil count (per neutrophil increase in 1000 units/mcL)	1.14 (1.04–1.26)	0.007*
SpO2/FiO2 at admission (per rise of 10 units)	0.96 (0.93–0.99)	0.019*
Length of stay (per supplementary day)	1.09 (1.03–1.16)	0.002*

^*p < 0.05 is considered statistically significant