Open AccessSecular trends of antibacterial prescribing in UK paediatric primary care
Author(s) -
Verena SchneiderLindner,
Caroline Quach,
James A. Hanley,
Samy Suissa
Publication year - 2010
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/dkq452
Subject(s) - medical prescription , medicine , poisson regression , rate ratio , confidence interval , pediatrics , demography , cohort , cohort study , defined daily dose , population , environmental health , sociology , pharmacology
Resistance to antibacterial drugs can be contained by judicious prescribing. In particular, the use of these drugs in children requires ongoing surveillance. While there was a decline in antibacterial prescribing in the UK during the 1990s, recent trends are less well known.
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