Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the patients.
| Characteristics | Total (n = 4995) n (%) |
ASP with Pharmacist (n = 2000) n (%) |
ASP without Pharmacist (n = 2995) n (%) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.254 | |||
| <18 years | 696 (13.9) | 290 (14.5) | 406 (13.6) | |
| 18–64 years | 2677 (53.6) | 1086 (54.3) | 1591 (53.1) | |
| ≥65 years | 1622 (32.5) | 624 (31.2) | 998 (33.3) | |
| Sex, female | 2362 (47.3) | 980 (49.0) | 1382 (46.1) | 0.048 |
| Stay in the Intensive Care Unit | 402 (8.1) | 166 (8.3) | 236 (7.9) | 0.593 |
| Length of Hospital Stay | <0.001 | |||
| <15 days | 3448 (69.0) | 1608 (80.4) | 1840 (61.4) | |
| 15–21 days | 897 (18.0) | 228 (11.4) | 669 (22.3) | |
| ≥22 days | 650 (13.0) | 164 (8.2) | 486 (16.2) | |
| Diagnosis | ||||
| Cancer | 1829 (36.6) | 467 (23.4) | 1362 (45.5) | <0.001 |
| Kidney disease | 403 (8.1) | 89 (4.5) | 314 (10.5) | <0.001 |
| Hepatic disease | 457 (9.2) | 106 (5.3) | 351 (11.7) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 678 (13.6) | 141 (7.1) | 537 (17.9) | <0.001 |
| Number of Antimicrobials | <0.001 | |||
| 1 | 2881 (57.7) | 1086 (54.3) | 1795 (59.9) | |
| 2–3 | 1568 (31.4) | 726 (36.3) | 842 (28.1) | |
| ≥4 | 575 (11.5) | 188 (9.4) | 387 (12.9) | |
| Days of Antimicrobial Therapy | <0.001 | |||
| <7 days | 3624 (72.6) | 1628 (81.4) | 1996 (66.6) | |
| 7–13 days | 1054 (21.1) | 308 (15.4) | 746 (24.9) | |
| 14–20 days | 211 (4.2) | 41 (2.1) | 170 (5.7) | |
| ≥21 days | 106 (2.1) | 23 (1.2) | 83 (2.8) |