Open AccessThe Decline in Outpatient Antibiotic Use
Author(s) -
Jakob Holstiege,
Maike Schulz,
Manas K. Akmatov,
Winfried V. Kern,
Annika Steffen,
Jörg Bätzing
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
deutsches ärzteblatt international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0679
Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , medline , intensive care medicine , family medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , political science , law
A central component of the German antibiotic resistance strategy is to monitor the outpatient prescribing of systemic antibiotics nationwide, across all of the statutory health-insurance providers, in order to provide a basis for targeted quality-assurance measures.