Measure | Baseline PPS (May 2009) | Follow up PPS (Sept 2011) | ||
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Scotland acute hospitals | Europe | Odds ratio (p value) | Scotland acute hospitals | |
Number of patients surveyed | 7,573 | 73,060 | 11,604 | |
Number of patients (%) prescribed antimicrobials | 2,289 (30.2%) | 21,197 (29.0%) | 1.06 (0.03) | 3,728 (32.3%) |
Number of patients (%) prescribed single antimicrobial | 1,432 (62.6%) | 14,403 (67.9%) | 0.79 (<0.001) | 2,268 (60.8%) |
Number of prescriptions (%) for parenteral antimicrobials | 1,731 (51.8%) | 17,947 (60.5%) | 0.7 (<0.001) | 2,147 (47.8%) |
Number of prescriptions (%) with indication recorded in notes | 2,538 (75.9%) | 22,456 (75.7%) | 1.01 (0.78) | 3,811 (86.8%) |
Number of prescriptions (%) compliant with local policy | 1939 (81.0%) | 17,223 (82.5%) | 0.90 (0.06) | 2,245 (82.8%) |
Number of surgical prophylaxis prescriptions (%) with duration single dose | 146 (49.3%) | 927 (27.0%) | 2.92 (<0.001) | 287 (59.5%) |
Number of surgical prophylaxis prescriptions (%) with Duration = 1 day | 57 (19.3%) | 723 (21.1%) | 0.85 (0.27) | 81 (16.8%) |
Number of surgical prophylaxis prescriptions (%) with duration >1 day | 93 (31.4%) | 1783 (51.9%) | 0.41 (<0.001) | 114 (23.7%) |