Table 1 Inpatients’ characteristics at surgery departments of the TH and NTH in Madhya Pradesh, India

 0–17

677 (11) ^a

377 (6)

21 (7)

36 (5)

45 (6) ^a

15 (2)

139 (10) ^a

26 (3)

72 (15)

91 (12)

 18–39

2018 (33)

2757 (44) ^a

159 (56)

425 (57)

69 (9)

119 (14)

320 (23)

281 (38) ^a

239 (50)

419 (55)

 40–59

1773 (29)

1689 (27)

78 (27)

197 (27)

150 (20)

148 (18)

453 (32)

222 (30)

108 (22)

188 (25)

 ≥ 60

1703 (28) ^a

1440 (23)

26 (9)

83 (11)

484 (65)

542 (66)

482 (35)

219 (29)

63 (13)

65 (8)

Male

4601 (75) ^a

4384 (70)

218 (77)

546 (74)

719 (96)

812 (99)

1182 (85) ^a

532 (71)

347 (72)

610 (80)

Female

1570 (25)

1879 (30) ^a

66 (23)

195 (26)

29 (4)

12 (1)

212 (15)

216 (29) ^a

135 (28)

153 (20)

Patients prescribed AB

5430 (88)

5402 (86)

251 (88)

624 (84)

748 (100)

823 (100)

1393 (100) ^a

628 (84)

482 (100) ^a

719 (94)

Total number of AB prescriptions (Np)

12,213

9598

563

1055

1624

1453

2767

1240

1435

1679

Prescriptions adherent to WHOLEM, Np (percentage of total nr. of prescriptions)

8039 (66) ^a

4019 (42)

309 (55) ^a

346 (33)

753 (46) ^a

346 (24)

1736 (63) ^a

510 (41)

1054 (73) ^a

790 (47)

Prescriptions adherent to NLEMI, Np (percentage of total nr. of prescriptions)

9119 (75) ^a

5487 (57)

342 (61)

592 (56)

880 (54) ^a

592 (41)

2025 (73) ^a

734 (59)

1173 (82) ^a

984 (59)

Average length of hospital stay, days [SD]

9.9 [10.0] ^a

4.6 [3.9]

9.1 [7.8] ^a

3.8 [3.2]

13.0 [11.3] ^a

5.0 [3.2]

9.8 [7.2] ^a

5.1 [4.0]

11.1 [9.5] ^a

6.3 [5.3]

Average length of AB treatment, days [SD]

9.5 [7.6] ^a

4.4 [3.2]

8.6 [6.9] ^a

3.6 [2.6]

11.5 [9.0] ^a

4.9 [3.0]

7.8 [5.3] ^a

4.4 [3.4]

9.0 [7.4] ^a

5.5 [4.0]

AB prescribed for 1 day

36 (1)

221 (7)

7 (2)

96 (13)

6 (1)

44 (5)

14 (1)

41 (5)

9 (2)

40 (5)

DDD/100 patient days

72.5

110.5 ^a

89.5

112.3 ^a

84.6

102.1 ^a

78.3

116.1 ^a

74.9

106.0 ^a

Total nr. of AB doses administered

65,288

28,600

2759

2950

9415

4733

13,890

4060

6270

7980

Total nr. of AB doses prescribed using generic names

16,322 (25) ^a

1716 (6)

607 (22) ^a

118 (4)

2542 (27) ^a

142 (3)

4584 (33) ^a

203 (5)

1693 (27) ^a

399 (5)

Total nr. of AB doses administered parenterally

34,613 (53)

19,639 (79) ^a

1335 (41)

2245 (76) ^a

3672 (39)

2603 (55) ^a

8195 (59)

3370 (83) ^a

4582 (75)

7339 (92) ^a