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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients on the intervention wards and controls wards during the pre-intervention and post-intervention periods

From: An electronic trigger tool to optimise intravenous to oral antibiotic switch: a controlled, interrupted time series study

Characteristic

Intervention wards

Control wards

 

Pre-intervention period

Post-intervention period

Pre-intervention period

Post-intervention period

Patients

771

748

2154

2212

Hospital admissions

880

835

2458

2478

Medication orders (iv antibiotics)

1781

1534

4769

4294

Mean age [range]

68.3 [16–101]

68.4 [17–101]

54.8 [1–100]

54.1 [0–98]

Female (%)

405 (53%)

371 (50%)

1029 (48%)

1073 (49%)