Antibiotics for gastroenteritis in general practice and out-of-hour services in Norway 2006-15.

ABSTRACT:

Background

When patients with gastroenteritis (GE) seek health care, they are generally managed in primary care. Little is known about the use of antibiotic treatment in these cases.

Objective

The aim of this study was to investigate time trends and patient characteristics associated with antibiotic treatment for GE in Norwegian primary care in a 10-year period.

Methods

We linked data from two nationwide registries, reimbursement claims data from Norwegian primary care (the KUHR database) and The Norwegian Prescription Database, for the period 2006-15. GE consultations were extracted, and courses of systemic antibiotics dispensed within 1 day were included for further analyses.

Results

Antibiotic treatment was linked to 1.8% (n = 23 663) of the 1 279 867 consul

SUBMITTER: Emberland KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8769278 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature