Table 2 Characteristics of inpatients admitted at Limpopo Province regional hospitals by sex and age
From: Antibiotic prescribing to inpatients in Limpopo, South Africa: a multicentre point-prevalence survey
Hospital | Patients admitted | Patients on antibiotics | Sex | Age | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | Paediatric | Adults | ||||||||
(18Â years and below) | (Above 18Â years) | ||||||||||
N | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Hospital A | 111 | 39 | 35.1 | 15 | 38.5 | 24 | 61.5 | 6 | 15.4 | 33 | 84.6 |
Hospital B | 205 | 66 | 32.2 | 38 | 57.6 | 28 | 42.4 | 13 | 19.7 | 53 | 80.3 |
Hospital C | 119 | 47 | 39.5 | 28 | 59.6 | 19 | 40.4 | 16 | 34.0 | 31 | 66.0 |
Hospital D | 210 | 63 | 30.0 | 36 | 57.1 | 27 | 42.9 | 20 | 31.8 | 43 | 68.2 |
Hospital E | 159 | 46 | 28.9 | 20 | 43.5 | 26 | 56.5 | 8 | 17.4 | 38 | 82.6 |
Total | 804 | 261 | 32.5 | 137 | 52.5 | 124 | 47.5 | 63 | 24.1 | 198 | 75.9 |