Inpatient antibacterial use trends and patterns, China, 2013-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse trends and patterns in inpatient antibacterial use in China's tertiary and secondary hospitals between 2013 and 2021.

Methods

The analysis involved quarterly data from hospitals covered by China's Center for Antibacterial Surveillance. We obtained information on hospital characteristics (e.g. province, a de-identified hospital code, hospital level and inpatient days) and antibacterial characteristics (e.g. generic name, drug classification, dosage, administration route and usage volume). We quantified antibacterial use as the number of daily defined doses per 100 patient-days. The analysis took into account the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Access, Watch, Reserve classification of antibiotics.

Findings

Between 2013 and 2021, overall antibact

SUBMITTER: Wushouer H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10042087 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature