Socio-economic, governance and health indicators shaping antimicrobial resistance: an ecological analysis of 30 european countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous evidence shows that antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) spread are not always perfectly correlated within and between countries. We conducted an ecological analysis to evaluate how demographic, economic, governance, health, and freedom characteristics of 30 European countries contribute to antibiotic consumption and AMR.

Methods

Using three sources of data (World Bank DataBank, ECDC atlas, and the ESAC-Net database), we created a dataset of: 22 indicators of demographics, health, economic, governance, and freedom; AMR proportions for 25 combinations of pathogens and antibiotics; consumption of antibiotics in the community. We also computed five indexes of demographic, health, economic, governance, and freedom, and an aggregate AMR measure. R

SUBMITTER: Maugeri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9951828 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature