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Table 1 Hospital characteristics

From: Assessing the impact of the Global Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Consumption and Resistance (Global-PPS) on hospital antimicrobial stewardship programmes: results of a worldwide survey

 

n (%)

Hospitals that conducted PPS (n = 192)

Hospitals planning to conduct PPS (n = 56)

Total number of hospitals (n = 248)

Hospital type*

Tertiary hospital

134 (69.8)

29 (51.8)

163 (65.7)

Secondary hospital

28 (14.6)

16 (28.6)

44 (17.7)

Paediatric hospital

12 (6.3)

1 (1.8)

13 (5.2)

Other specialised hospital

7 (3.6)

5 (8.9)

12 (4.8)

Primary care institution

6 (3.1)

5 (8.9)

11 (4.4)

Infectious diseases specialised hospital

5 (2.6)

0 (0.0)

5 (2.0)

Teaching hospital

Yes

153 (79.7)

44 (78.6)

197 (79.4)

No

39 (20.3)

12 (21.4)

51 (20.6)

Number of inpatient beds**

Less than 100

20 (10.4)

8 (14.3)

28 (11.3)

101–250

43 (22.4)

14 (25.0)

57 (23.0)

251–500

59 (30.7)

17 (30.4)

76 (30.6)

501–1000

43 (22.4)

10 (17.9)

53 (21.4)

1001–2000

20 (10.4)

5 (8.9)

25 (10.1)

More than 2000

7 (3.6)

2 (3.6)

9 (3.6)

  1. *Tertiary hospital: clinical services are highly differentiated by function. Provides regional services and regularly takes referrals from other (primary and secondary) hospitals. Secondary hospital: clinical services are highly differentiated by function. Takes some referrals from other (primary) hospitals. Primary care institution: has only few medical specialties. Only limited laboratory services are available. Infectious diseases specialised hospital and paediatric hospital: single clinical specialty, possibly with sub-specialties. Highly specialised staff and technical equipment [25]. **Inpatient beds: accommodate hospitalized patients who stay in the hospital for a minimum of one night