From: Fluoroquinolone consumption and Escherichia coli resistance in Japan: an ecological study
Variable | Proportion resistant in 2015 | Proportion resistant in 2016 | ||
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Coefficient | p value | Coefficient | p value | |
Fluoroquinolone consumption (DID) | 0.50 | < 0.01 | 0.52 | < 0.01 |
Number of physicians per 100,000 individuals | 0.49 | < 0.01 | 0.42 | < 0.01 |
Number of nurses per 100,000 individuals | 0.36 | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0.03 |
Number of hospitals per 100,000 individualsa | 0.34 | 0.02 | 0.32 | 0.03 |
Number of clinics per 100,000 individuals | 0.43 | < 0.01 | 0.41 | < 0.01 |
Number of nursing homes per 100,000 individuals | −0.04 | 0.80 | −0.17 | 0.26 |
Number of medical facilities included in surveillancea | −0.03 | 0.84 | 0.05 | 0.72 |
Proportion of medical facilities with 500 or more beds (%)a | −0.10 | 0.52 | −0.02 | 0.88 |
Average length of hospital stay (days) | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.29 | 0.05 |
Proportion of elderly in the population (%) | 0.04 | 0.79 | −0.04 | 0.79 |