Aura 2016 Supplementary data

Table S3.4c Key indicators for appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals, by remoteness, 2014

Remoteness (public hospitals only)	Number of hospitals	Number of prescriptions	Indication documented (%)	Surgical prophylaxis >24 hours (%)^a	Compliant with guidelines (%)	Noncompliant with guidelines (%)	Directed therapy (%)	Compliance with guidelines not available (%)	Not assessable for compliance with guidelines (%)	Appropriate (%)	Inappropriate (%)	Not assessable for appropriateness (%)
Major cities	83	11 325	76.9	42.5	54.8	22.4	13.2	5.8	3.9	74.3	21.6	4.1
Inner regional	60	3 248	73.3	31.4	58.1	27.0	6.1	3.3	5.6	70.9	23.5	5.6
Outer regional	33	1 600	84.8	27.7	57.7	24.3	9.5	2.8	5.8	73.4	21.4	5.2
Remote	10	785	73.8	19.6	62.8	28.3	4.5	2.0	2.4	71.3	27.0	1.7
Very remote	4	151	88.1	0^b	47.7	39.7	6.0	3.3	3.3	60.3	35.8	4.0

a Where surgical prophylaxis was selected as the indication (2785 prescriptions)

b Low numbers of surgical prophylaxis prescriptions (<30)

Note: No Tasmanian facilities participated in the National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey in 2014.

Source: NAPS, 2014

Table S3.4d Key indicators for appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals, by funding type, 2014

Funding type	Number of hospitals	Number of prescriptions	Indication documented (%)	Surgical prophylaxis >24 hours (%)^a	Compliant with guidelines (%)	Noncompliant with guidelines (%)	Directed therapy (%)	Compliance with guidelines not available (%)	Not assessable for compliance with guidelines (%)	Appropriate (%)	Inappropriate (%)	Not assessable for appropriateness (%)
Public	197	17 075	77.0	37.7	56.0	23.9	11.1	4.8	4.3	73.4	22.3	4.4
Private	51	2 869	55.8	34.1	57.1	26.7	6.9	3.5	5.9	65.7	27.3	7.0

a Where surgical prophylaxis was selected as the indication (2785 prescriptions)

Note: No Tasmanian facilities participated in the National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey in 2014.

Source: NAPS, 2014