Table 3 Patient- and hospital-level factors associated with blood culture request in two secondary healthcare facilities, Abuja

Hospital

 Urban

73 (91.3)

1074 (37.8)

17.2 (7.9–37.5)

16.9 (8.1–41.4)

 Rural

7 (8.8)

1770 (62.2)

Reference

Reference

Age (years)

 ≤ 5

54 (67.5)

2051 (72.1)

0.3 (0.1–0.8)

0.7 (0.2–2.1)

 6–14

8 (10.0)

422 (14.8)

0.2 (0.07–0.7)

0.7 (0.2–2.8)

 15—34

7 (8.8)

190 (6.7)

0.4 (0.1–1.4)

0.5 (0.1—1.8)

 35—54

6 (7.5)

124 (4.4)

0.6 (0.2–1.9)

0.6 (0.2—2.5

 ≥ 55

5 (6.3)

57 (2.0)

Reference

Reference

Gender

 Female

41 (51.3)

1360 (47.8)

1.1 (0.7–1.8)

–

 Male

39 (48.8)

1484 (52.2)

Reference

-

Health insurance status

 Not enrolled

64 (80.0)

2131 (74.9)

1.3 (0.8–2.3)

–

 Enrolled

16 (20.0)

713 (25.1)

Reference

–

Patient type

 Inpatients

42 (52.5)

376 (13.2)

7.6(4.7–12.0)

7.5 (4.6–12.3)

 Emergency

3 (3.7)

99 (3.5)

2.1(0.6–6.8)

1.1 (0.2–3.7)

 Outpatients

35 (43.8)

2369 (83.3)

Reference

Reference

Patients on antibiotics before consultation

 Yes

4 (5.0)

436 (15.3)

0.3 (0.1–0.8)

0.8(0.2–2.0)

 No

76 (95.0)

2408 (84.8)

Reference

Reference

Patients on antibiotics after consultation

 Yes

49 (61.3)

1909 (67.1)

0.8 (0.5–1.2)

–

 No

31 (38.8)

935 (32.9)

Reference

–