From: Antibiotic prescribing in paediatric inpatients in Ghana: a multi-centre point prevalence survey
Patient characteristics | Number of patients on | Prevalence of antibiotic use | ||
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Admission (%) | Antibiotics | Percent | 95% CI | |
Age groupa | ||||
  ≤ 28 days | 208 (29.1) | 133 | 63.9 | 57.0–70.1 |
  > 28 days to ≤2 years | 152 (21.2) | 126 | 82.9 | 75.8–88.3 |
  > 2 years to ≤13 years | 272 (40.0) | 197 | 72.4 | 66.6–77.6 |
  > 13 years to ≤18 years | 84 (11.7) | 50 | 60.0 | 48.2–69.9 |
Hospital type | ||||
 Tertiary | 340 (47.5) | 223 | 65.6 | 60.4–70.6 |
 Regional | 175 (24.4) | 146 | 83.4 | 77.2–88.2 |
 District | 201 (28.1) | 137 | 68.2 | 61.4–74.2 |
 Total | 716 (100.0) | 506 | 70.6 | 67.2–74.0 |