Antibiotic use in Dutch primary care: relation between diagnosis, consultation and treatment | Zendy

Joep van den Broek d'Obrenan | Zendy; Theo Verheij | Zendy; Mattijs E. Numans | Zendy; Alike W. van der Velden | Zendy

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Antibiotic use in Dutch primary care: relation between diagnosis, consultation and treatment

Author(s) -

Joep van den Broek d'Obrenan,

Theo Verheij,

Mattijs E. Numans,

Alike W. van der Velden

Publication year - 2014

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/dku005

Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , context (archaeology) , primary care , medical prescription , family medicine , nursing , paleontology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Countries generally present their overall use of antibiotics as an indicator of antibiotic prescribing quality. Additional insight is urgently needed for targeted improvement recommendations: first, data on specific clinical indications for which antibiotics are used, and second, on distinguishing whether changes in patient consultation or changes in physician prescribing drive changing antibiotic use for particular indications. The aim of this study was to describe the antibiotic management of infectious diseases in the clinical context, by analysing prescribing by physicians and patient consultation incidences per indication over time.

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