Table 7.

Antibiotic administration practices from 2018 to 2020

Year	Overall (%)	Culture before use (%)	Average days (IQR)
2018	27.08	51.71	6 (3, 9)
2019	26.26	59.28	5 (2, 8)
2020	22.83	62.70	4 (2, 7)
χ2	326.538	406.463	600.335
P	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

‘Overall’ is the percentage of all inpatients who received an antibiotic during a single year; ‘Culture before use’ is the percentage of antibiotic users who had cultures taken before use; ‘Average days’ is the average duration of use among antibiotic users. IQR, interquartile range

Bold values mean P values are significant