Table 1 Proportion and features of antibiotic prescriptions in the outpatient and emergency departments in Ningbo No. 6 Hospital, Ningbo, China, from July 2016 to December 2019
A. In the outpatient department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Parameter | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Number of patients | 169,676 | 341,774 | 353,385 | 368,923 |
Number of antibacterial agents used | 26,953 | 56,430 | 57,615 | 55,853 |
Proportion of antibiotic prescriptions (%) | 15.88 | 16.51 | 16.30 | 15.14 |
Utilisation rate of single antibiotic prescriptions (%) | 89.70 | 90.38 | 90.02 | 93.23**** |
Utilisation rate of two antibiotic prescriptions (%) | 10.23 | 9.55 | 9.98 | 6.77**** |
Utilisation rate of triple antibiotic prescriptions (%) | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
B. In emergency department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Parameter | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Number of patients | 32,017 | 64,226 | 62,886 | 62,778 |
Number of antibacterial agents used | 15,708 | 32,540 | 31,453 | 32,519 |
Proportion of antibiotic prescriptions (%) | 49.06 | 50.66 | 50.02 | 51.80 |
Utilisation rate of single antibiotic prescriptions (%) | 86.76 | 85.37 | 87.45 | 84.52*** |
Utilisation rate of two antibiotic prescriptions (%) | 12.71 | 14.04 | 12.54 | 15.48**** |
Utilisation rate of triple antibiotic prescriptions (%) | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.00 | 0.00 |