Reduction in outpatient antibiotic sales for pre-school children: Interrupted time series analysis of weekly antibiotic sales data in Sweden 1992-2002

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 208-215

  Högberg, Liselotte ^a,b,c   Oke, Thimothy ^b,d   Geli, Patricia ^a,c,d   Lundborg, Cecilia Stålsby ^b,d,e,f   Cars, Otto ^a,d   Ekdahl, Karl ^a,b,c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm Group for Epidemic Modelling   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Strat Prog for the Rational Use of Antimicrobial Agents/Surveillance of Resistance   (Sweden)

^e Apoteket AB   (Sweden)

^f NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community antibiotic prescribing; Paracetamol; Prescription rates; Segmented regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; MACROLIDE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MARKETING; HOME; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWEDEN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRUG UTILIZATION; INFANT; NEWBORN; TIME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMERCE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OUTPATIENTS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24044479089     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki147     Document Type: Article

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