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Table 1 Demographics of study site

From: Estimating antibiotics consumption in a tertiary care hospital in Islamabad using a WHO’s defined daily dose methodology

Demographic Characteristics

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Total Patients Admitted

34,750

36,907

44,433

34,536

42,810

Total Bed Capacity

530

530

540

550

550

Average Operational Beds

379

392

388

417

417

Bed Occupancy Rate

71%

73%

71%

75%

75%

Patient on Antibiotics

27,287

29,348

29,759

25,944

36,145

Gender Distribution on Antibiotics

Male

15,976

17,205

16,404

15,496

21,398

Female

11,311

12,143

13,355

10,448

14,747

Percentage of encounters with antibiotics

78.5%

79.5%

66.9%

75.1%

84.4%

AWaRe classification of antibiotics

Access antibiotics consumption

9.02%

14.93%

8.08%

12.95%

14.47%

Watch antibiotics consumption

88.21%

67.04%

72.07%

77.21%

75.38%

Reserve antibiotics consumption

2.77%

18.03%

19.86%

9.84%

10.16%