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Table 1 Prevalence of antibiotic use by age and across type of hospital

From: Antibiotic prescribing in paediatric inpatients in Ghana: a multi-centre point prevalence survey

Patient characteristics

Number of patients on

Prevalence of antibiotic use

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

  1. a≤28 days, neonates; > 28 days to ≤2 years, infants; > 2 years to ≤13 years, children; > 13 years to ≤18 years, adolescents; %, percentage, CI confidence interval