Clinical pattern of antibiotic overuse and misuse in primary healthcare hospitals in the southwest of China.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Overuse and misuse of antibiotics are the primary risk factors for antibiotics resistance. Inadequate professional competence of primary care physicians might exacerbate these problems in China. This retrospective study aims to document the clinical pattern of antibiotics use and its overuse and misuse rates in rural primary care institutions and to evaluate the association between antibiotics use and characteristics of physicians and their patients.

Methods

Medical records from 16 primary care hospitals in rural areas of Guizhou province, China were obtained from the Health Information System in 2018. Classification of unnecessary use, incorrect spectrum of antibiotic, escalated use of extended spectrum and combined antibiotics use was based on the Guiding Principle

SUBMITTER: Chang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6594576 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature