Open AccessAnalysis of the causes and consequences of decreased antibiotic consumption over the last 5 years in Slovenia
Author(s) -
Milan Čižman,
Tina Plankar Srovin,
Marko Pokorn,
S. Čad Pečar,
Saba Battelino
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dki098
Subject(s) - antibiotics , consumption (sociology) , medicine , environmental health , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , sociology , social science
Compared with European countries, the use of antibiotics in Slovenia is moderate. In the period 1999-2002 an 18.67% decrease in outpatient antibiotic consumption was noted. The aim of the present study was to analyse this decrease and its consequences.
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