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Socioeconomic determinants of outpatient antibiotic use in Europe

Masiero, Giuliano ; Filippini, Massimo ; Ferech, Matus ; Goossens, Herman

In: International Journal of Public Health, 2010, vol. 55, no. 5, p. 469–478

Objectives: Outpatient antibiotic consumption widely varies across Europe. The investigation of the causes of such variation may help to identify interventions that would improve the efficient use of antibiotics. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of socioeconomic determinants and the role played by information about bacterial resistance. Methods: Comparable data on systemically...

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Determinants of outpatient antibiotic consumption in Europe : bacterial resistance and drug prescribers

Masiero, Giuliano ; Filippini, Massimo ; Ferech, Matus ; Goossens, Herman

This paper investigates socioeconomic determinants of outpatient antibiotic consumption in Europe. Comparable data on antibiotic use measured in the defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants (DID) are currently provided by the ESAC project. Results from applied econometric estimations for panel data reveal a link between antibiotic use and the per capita income, the demographic structure of the...