Antibiotic use in township hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Shandong, China

Table 1 Monthly comparative analysis of overall antibiotic consumption in PHSs

	Before	During the COVID-19 pandemic		% Relative change (2020 vs 2019)	%Relative change (2021 vs 2019)
	2019	2020	2021	% Relative change (2020 vs 2019)	%Relative change (2021 vs 2019)
Antibiotic consumption (ten thousand DDDs)
Total	170.36	115.78	141.93	− 32.04	− 16.69
January	19.14	12.47	12.95	− 34.85	− 32.34
February	16.71	9.69	10.56	− 42.01	− 36.80
March	14.81	9.69	11.48	− 34.57	− 22.48
April	13.64	8.43	10.17	− 38.20	− 25.44
May	13.91	8.43	10.17	− 39.40	− 26.89
June	12.15	8.12	10.59	− 33.17	− 12.84
July	12.37	8.58	11.31	− 30.64	− 8.57
August	13.07	8.92	12.99	− 31.75	− 0.61
September	12.29	9.86	8.81	− 19.77	− 28.32
October	13.04	9.86	13.07	− 24.39	0.23
November	13.35	9.59	14.49	− 28.16	8.54
December	15.88	12.14	15.34	− 23.55	− 3.40

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