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Table 1 Characteristics of participating hospital wards across France

From: Higher third-generation cephalosporin prescription proportion is associated with lower probability of reducing carbapenem use: a nationwide retrospective study

Characteristic

ICU wards, N = 85

Medical wards, N = 227

Surgical wards, N = 181

No. of beds in 2013, median (interquartile range)

12 (9–16)

72 (36–150)

63 (44–99)

Type of HCF

  - University hospital

4 (4.7%)

4 (1.8%)

4 (2.2%)

  - General hospital

67 (78.8%)

139 (61.2%)

95 (52.5%)

  - Private hospital

9 (10.6%)

51 (22.5%)

71 (39.2%)

  - Cancer centre

0

6 (2.6%)

6 (3.3%)

  - Local hospital

0

17 (7.5%)

0

  - Rehabilitation and long-term care facility

0

5 (2.2%)

0

  - Military hospital

5 (5.9%)

5 (2.2%)

5 (2.8%)

Geographical area

  - North

30 (35.3%)

50 (22%)

45 (24.9%)

  - West

9 (10.6%)

25 (11%)

17 (9.4%)

  - East

14 (16.5%)

45 (19.8%)

36 (19.9%)

  - South-east

12 (14.1%)

33 (14.5%)

31 (17.1%)

  - South-west

20 (23.5%)

74 (32.6%)

52 (28.7%)

  1. ICU intensive care unit; HCF type of healthcare facility from which the hospital ward included in the study was derived