Table 1 Facility and patient level descriptive characteristics by antibiotic prescription
| Â | Antibiotic prescription | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not Prescribed | Prescribed | Total, N = 2519 | ||||
N | %a | n | %b | n | %c | |
Municipality | ||||||
 Ga South (N = 811) | ||||||
  Ga South Municipal Hospital | 148 | 74.7 | 430 | 70.1 | 578 | 71.3 |
  Ngleshie Amanfrom Health Centre | 50 | 25.3 | 183 | 29.9 | 233 | 28.7 |
 La Dade Kotopon (N = 802) | ||||||
  La General Hospital | 78 | 35.5 | 215 | 36.9 | 293 | 36.5 |
  Police Hospital | 142 | 64.5 | 367 | 63.1 | 509 | 63.5 |
 La Nkwantanang Madina (N = 906) | ||||||
  Kekele Polyclinic | 145 | 43.3 | 71 | 12.4 | 216 | 23.8 |
  Pentecost Hospital | 190 | 56.7 | 500 | 87.6 | 690 | 76.2 |
Patient age-group | ||||||
  <  5 | 186 | 24.7 | 963 | 54.5 | 1149 | 45.6 |
  ≥ 5 | 552 | 73.3 | 788 | 44.6 | 1340 | 53.2 |
  Unknown | 15 | 2.0 | 15 | 0.9 | 30 | 1.2 |
Sex | ||||||
 Male | 343 | 45.6 | 848 | 48.0 | 1191 | 47.3 |
 Female | 410 | 54.4 | 917 | 51.9 | 1327 | 52.7 |
Client on NHIS | ||||||
 Yes | 426 | 56.6 | 1026 | 58.1 | 1452 | 57.6 |
 No | 327 | 43.4 | 740 | 41.9 | 1067 | 42.4 |