Table 1 General characteristics of the patients among the study hospitals by medical and surgical admissions
Medical | Surgical | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Antrim Area Hospital (n (%) of the patients) | Specialty Hospital (n (%) of the patients) | p value | Antrim Area Hospital (n (%) of the patients) | Specialty Hospital (n (%) of the patients) | p value |
Number of treated patients | 165 | 44 | 34 | 41 | ||
Age of patients (mean) | 70.1 | 47.6 | < 0.001 | 65.0 | 43.5 | < 0.001 |
Gender | ||||||
- Male | 83 (50.3) | 29 (65.9) | 0.065 | 12 (35.3) | 28 (68.3) | 0.004 |
- Female | 82 (49.7) | 15 (34.1) | 22 (64.7) | 13 (31.7) | ||
Number of prescribed antibioticsa | 239 | 65 | 66 | 56 | ||
Diagnosis site | ||||||
- Central nervous system | 4 (2.4) | 3 (6.8) | 0.112 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.036 |
- Eye | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.4) | ||
- Otolaryngology | 4 (2.4) | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
- Respiratory | 78 (47.3) | 15 (34.1) | 2 (5.9) | 3 (7.3) | ||
- Cardiovascular | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (9.8) | ||
- Gastrointestinal tract | 8 (4.8) | 6 (13.6) | 20 (58.8) | 12 (29.3) | ||
- Skin, soft tissue, bone, and joint | 14 (8.5) | 6 (13.6) | 3 (8.8) | 14 (34.1) | ||
- Urinary tract | 21 (12.7) | 6 (13.6) | 4 (11.8) | 4 (9.8) | ||
- Genito-urinary and obstetrics | 10 (6.1) | 1 (2.3) | 4 (11.8) | 2 (4.9) | ||
- Undefined site | 23 (13.9) | 5 (11.4) | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | ||
- Neonatal | 3 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.4) | ||