Trends, Variation, and Factors Influencing Antibiotic Prescribing: A Longitudinal Study in Primary Care Using a Multilevel Modelling Approach.

antibacterial drugs antibiotics prescribing antimicrobial resistance deprivation general practice mixed-effects model multilevel modelling primary care

Journal

Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2079-6382
Titre abrégé: Antibiotics (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101637404

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
24 Dec 2021
Historique:
received: 14 11 2021
revised: 14 12 2021
accepted: 20 12 2021
entrez: 21 1 2022
pubmed: 22 1 2022
medline: 22 1 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Antimicrobial resistance has become one of the greatest threats to global health. Over 80% of antibiotics are prescribed in primary care, with many prescriptions considered to be issued inappropriately. The aim of this study was to examine the association between prescribing rates and demographic, practice, geographic, and socioeconomic characteristics using a multilevel modelling approach. Antibiotic prescribing data by 320 GP surgeries in Northern Ireland were obtained from Business Services Organisation for the years 2014-2020. A linear mixed-effects model was used to identify factors influencing antibiotic prescribing rates. Overall, the number of antibacterial prescriptions decreased by 26.2%, from 1,564,707 items in 2014 to 1,155,323 items in 2020. Lower levels of antibiotic prescribing were associated with urban practices (

Identifiants

pubmed: 35052894
pii: antibiotics11010017
doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11010017
pmc: PMC8772723
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Peter Devine (P)

School of Computing, Engineering & Intelligent Systems, Ulster University, Derry BT48 7JL, UK.

Maurice O'Kane (M)

Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Western Health and Social Care Trust, Derry BT47 6SB, UK.

Magda Bucholc (M)

School of Computing, Engineering & Intelligent Systems, Ulster University, Derry BT48 7JL, UK.

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