From: Antibiotic use in township hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Shandong, China
 | Before | During the COVID-19 pandemic | % Relative change (2020 vs 2019) | %Relative change (2021 vs 2019) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||
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 |