Longitudinal trends and cross-sectional analysis of English national hospital antibacterial use over 5 years (2008-13): working towards hospital prescribing quality measures | Zendy

Jonathan Cooke | Zendy; P. Stephens | Zendy; Diane AshiruOredope | Zendy; Esmita Charani | Zendy; Matthew Dryden | Zendy; Carole Fry | Zendy; Kieran Hand | Zendy; Alison Holmes | Zendy; Philip Howard | Zendy; Ana Johnson | Zendy; David M. Livermore | Zendy; Peter Mansell | Zendy; Cliodna McNulty | Zendy; Sally Wellsteed | Zendy; Susan Hopkins | Zendy; Mike Sharland | Zendy

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Longitudinal trends and cross-sectional analysis of English national hospital antibacterial use over 5 years (2008-13): working towards hospital prescribing quality measures

Author(s) -

Jonathan Cooke,

P. Stephens,

Diane AshiruOredope,

Esmita Charani,

Matthew Dryden,

Carole Fry,

Kieran Hand,

Alison Holmes,

Philip Howard,

Ana Johnson,

David M. Livermore,

Peter Mansell,

Cliodna McNulty,

Sally Wellsteed,

Susan Hopkins,

Mike Sharland

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/dku328

Subject(s) - medicine , antimicrobial stewardship , benchmarking , pharmacy , tazobactam , population , health care , cross sectional study , antibiotic resistance , emergency medicine , family medicine , environmental health , antibiotics , business , marketing , imipenem , economics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , economic growth , pathology

There is global concern that antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to healthcare. Antimicrobial use is a primary driver of resistance but little information exists about the variation in antimicrobial use in individual hospitals in England over time or comparative use between hospitals. The objective of this study was to collate, analyse and report issue data from pharmacy records of 158 National Health Service (NHS) acute hospitals.

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