Università della Svizzera italiana

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...