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Table 5 Responses to statements on patient care, antimicrobial prescribing and antimicrobial resistance

From: Implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program in the Australian private hospital system: qualitative study of attitudes to antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial stewardship

 

Proportion of respondents in 2018

% (n)

Proportion of respondents in 2013

% (n)

p-value

Antimicrobial resistance is a serious problem at the study hospital

40 (39)

45 (149)

0.47

Antimicrobial resistance affects patients under my care

44 (41)

36 (119)

0.25

There is antimicrobial prescribing across the study hospital that does not comply with current national antimicrobial guidelines

34 (32)

31 (101)

0.47

Improving antimicrobial prescribing at the study hospital will help decrease antimicrobial resistance at the hospital

62 (58)

58 (192)

0.45

  1. Percentage of respondents ‘in agreement’ (i.e. with a ‘6’ and ‘7’ Likert scale response) (n)