Variation in Outpatient Oral Antimicrobial Use Patterns among Canadian Provinces, 2000 to 2010 | Zendy

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Variation in Outpatient Oral Antimicrobial Use Patterns among Canadian Provinces, 2000 to 2010

Author(s) -

Shiona K Glass-Kaastra,

Rita Finley,

Jim Hutchinson,

David M. Patrick,

Karl Heinz Weiss,

John Conly

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 1918-1493

pISSN - 1712-9532

DOI - 10.1155/2014/703898

Subject(s) - variation (astronomy) , antimicrobial , medicine , demography , geography , biology , sociology , microbiology and biotechnology , physics , astrophysics

The volume and patterns of antimicrobial drug use are key variables to consider when developing guidelines for prescribing, and programs to address stewardship and combat the increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistant pathogens. Because drug programs are regulated at the provincial level, there is an expectation that antibiotic use may vary among provinces.

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