Antibiotic Use during Pregnancy in South Korea Using 2011-2020 National Health Insurance Claims Data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since antimicrobial overuse and misuse can have substantial impacts on both public health and fetal well-being, it is essential to gain comprehensive insights into antimicrobial consumption patterns in pregnant women. This study aims to demonstrate antimicrobial utilization in pregnant women.

Methods

We conducted a population-based cohort study using National Health Insurance claims data from January 2009 to December 2020 in South Korea. The target population was pregnancies in women aged 15-45 years who gave birth between 2011 and 2019. The outcome measure was the percentage of antibiotic prescriptions by trimester, subgroup, diagnostic category, and therapeutic category. Antibiotics were defined as J01 in the WHO ATC/DDD classification. To analyze the factors th

SUBMITTER: Chae J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10451209 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature