Estimating National Trends in Inpatient Antibiotic Use Among US Hospitals From 2006 to 2012.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The rising threat of antibiotic resistance and other adverse consequences resulting from the misuse of antibiotics requires a better understanding of antibiotic use in hospitals in the United States.

Objective

To use proprietary administrative data to estimate patterns of US inpatient antibiotic use in recent years.

Design, setting, and participants

For this retrospective analysis, adult and pediatric in-patient antibiotic use data was obtained from the Truven Health MarketScan Hospital Drug Database (HDD) from January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2012. Data from adult and pediatric patients admitted to 1 of approximately 300 participating acute care hospitals provided antibiotic use data for over 34 million discharges representing 166 million patient-days.

SUBMITTER: Baggs J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10863902 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature