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Table 4 Multivariable analysis for the outcome high rate of linezolid prescriptions per 100 antimicrobial prescriptions of 212 wards with linezolid use in the point prevalence survey 2016

From: Linezolid use in German acute care hospitals: results from two consecutive national point prevalence surveys

Outcome

Parameter

Odds ratio

95% confidence intervall

p-value

High rate of linezolid prescriptions per 100 antimicrobial prescriptions (≥3Q)

Prevalence of patients with antimicrobial use (per 1% increase)

0.94

0.92–0.96

< 0.01

North (region)

0.19

0.04–0.78

0.02

Southwest (region)

0.43

0.19–0.99

0.05

Intensive care unit (ward specialty)

4.89

2.05–11.70

< 0.01

  1. Bold print is used to indicate statistical significance. High was defined as greater or equal than the 75th percentile (3Q). The value for 3Q was 14.3%. Abbreviations: North Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Schleswig-Holstein; Southwest Baden-Württemberg, Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate