Antibiotic consumption patterns in older adults: a comparative study of people 65 years and older in and outside nursing homes, Belgium, 2016 to 2022.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundInappropriate antimicrobial consumption (AMC) drives the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Institutionalised, older populations are associated with antimicrobial treatments of longer duration and broader spectrum than recommended, higher rates of multidrug-resistant infections and poorer outcomes for resistant infections. Yet systematic, national monitoring of AMC in nursing home (NH) residents is lacking.AimTo perform a retrospective analysis of antibiotic consumption in Belgian NHs, we compared analogous populations inside and outside NHs. We aimed to provide a blueprint for establishing surveillance of NH AMC, based on national reimbursement data.MethodsThe National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance supplied reimbursement AMC data for outpatients from 2016 to

SUBMITTER: Kelly M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11565649 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature