Table 1 Resident and care home characteristics
From: Antibiotic prescribing in UK care homes 2016–2017: retrospective cohort study of linked data
Variable | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Resident-level (n = 13,487) | ||
Gender | ||
Male | 8518 | 63.2 |
Female | 4969 | 36.8 |
Age | ||
65–74 | 1871 | 13.9 |
75–84 | 5049 | 37.4 |
85–94 | 5691 | 42.2 |
95+ | 876 | 6.5 |
Type of care | ||
Residential | 4354 | 32.3 |
Nursing | 9109 | 67.5 |
Dementia | ||
No | 8246 | 61.1 |
Yes | 5217 | 38.7 |
Respite care | ||
No | 11,459 | 85.0 |
Yes | 2028 | 15.0 |
Length of stay during study period (days) Median (IQR) | 210 | 51–509 |
Overall length of stay (days) Median (IQR) | 333 | 67–913 |
Entered care home during study period | ||
No | 5587 | 41.4 |
Yes | 7900 | 58.6 |
Status at end of study period | ||
In home | 3772 | 28.0 |
Permanently Discharged | 2688 | 19.9 |
Died | 7027 | 52.1 |
Number of reported infection episodes during study | ||
0 | 8993 | 66.7 |
1 | 2217 | 16.4 |
More than 1 | 2277 | 16.9 |
Number of BNF chapters with repeated prescriptions (excluding antibiotics) | ||
0–1 | 3907 | 29.0 |
2–4 | 4275 | 31.7 |
5–7 | 4693 | 34.8 |
8 or more | 612 | 4.5 |
Care home-level (n = 135) | ||
Country | ||
England | 93 | 68.9 |
Northern Ireland | 20 | 14.8 |
Scotland | 19 | 14.1 |
Wales | 3 | 2.2 |
Number of beds | ||
< 40 | 34 | 25.2 |
40–49 | 37 | 27.4 |
50–59 | 34 | 25.2 |
60+ | 30 | 22.2 |
Median overall length of stay | ||
< 1 year | 34 | 25.2 |
1–2 years | 85 | 63.0 |
> 2 years | 16 | 12.9 |
Clinical staff per 100 residents | ||
< 10 | 35 | 25.9 |
10–19 | 65 | 48.2 |
20+ | 35 | 25.9 |
Care staff per 100 residents | ||
< 60 | 33 | 24.4 |
60–79 | 75 | 55.6 |
80+ | 27 | 20.0 |
Percentage residents with dementia | ||
< 10 | 35 | 25.9 |
10–80 | 80 | 59.3 |
80–100 | 20 | 14.8 |
Percentage residents with nursing care | ||
< 10 | 20 | 14.8 |
10–80 | 58 | 43.0 |
80–100 | 57 | 42.2 |
Number of infection incidents per bed per year | ||
Less than 1 | 70 | 51.9 |
1 to 2 | 39 | 28.9 |
2 or more | 26 | 19.3 |