A comparison between antibiotic utilisation in public and private community healthcare in Malaysia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are two parallel systems in Malaysian primary healthcare services: government funded public primary care and privately-owned practices. While there have been several studies evaluating antibiotic utilisation in Malaysian public healthcare, there is a lack of literature on the use of antibiotics in the private sector. There is a dire need to evaluate the more recent performance of public vs. private community healthcare in Malaysia. As such, this study aimed at measuring and comparing the utilisation of antibiotics in the public and private community healthcare sectors of Malaysia in 2018-2021.

Methods

This study was a retrospective analysis of antibiotic utilisation in Malaysian primary care for the period of 1 January 2018 until 31 December 2021 using the n

SUBMITTER: Lim AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10762925 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature