The effects of the primary health care providers' prescription behavior interventions to improve the rational use of antibiotics: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Irrational antibiotics use in clinical prescription, especially in primary health care (PHC) is accelerating the spread of antibiotics resistance (ABR) around the world. It may be greatly useful to improve the rational use of antibiotics by effectively intervening providers' prescription behaviors in PHC. This study aimed to systematically review the interventions targeted to providers' prescription behaviors in PHC and its' effects on improving the rational use of antibiotics.

Methods

The literatures were searched in Ovid Medline, Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane Library, and two Chinese databases with a time limit from January 1st, 1998 to December 1st, 2018. The articles included in our review were randomized control trial, controlled before-and-after studies a

SUBMITTER: Yao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7568391 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature