Reduced community antibiotic dispensing in New Zealand during 2015-2018: marked variation in relation to primary health organisation

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Reduced community antibiotic dispensing in New Zealand during 2015-2018: marked variation in relation to primary health organisation

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AimsThe overall rate of community antibiotic dispensing in New Zealand in recent decades has been high when compared with many other nations, but since 2015 has consistently declined each year. We aimed to determine whether the magnitude of reductions in community antibiotic dispensing in New Zealand between 2015 and 2018 differed in relation either to the patient's demographic features or in relation to the primary health organisation of the patient's registered general practitioner.MethodsD...

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Journal article

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Thomas, Mark / Tomlin, Andrew / Duffy, Eamon / Tilyard, Murray

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/70669

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Humans / Anti-Bacterial Agents / Retrospective Studies / Family Practice / Pharmacies / Drug Utilization / New Zealand / Drug Prescriptions / Practice Patterns, Physicians' / 4203 Health Services and Systems / 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences / 3202 Clinical Sciences / 42 Health Sciences / 8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / 7.3 Management and decision making / Generic health relevance / Infection / Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Medicine, General & Internal / General & Internal Medicine / A STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS / ETHNIC DISPARITIES / MANAGEMENT / 11 Medical and Health Sciences

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