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%) |