The effect of generic market entry on antibiotic prescriptions in the United States
Generics contribute to increased availability of antibiotics, benefiting healthcare systems but potentially leading to increased consumption with implications for antibiotic stewardship and resistance. Here, the authors found no consistent changes in prescribing patterns of the 13 antibiotics that e...
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author | Cecilia Kållberg Jemma Hudson Hege Salvesen Blix Christine Årdal Eili Klein Morten Lindbæk Kevin Outterson John-Arne Røttingen Ramanan Laxminarayan |
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description | Generics contribute to increased availability of antibiotics, benefiting healthcare systems but potentially leading to increased consumption with implications for antibiotic stewardship and resistance. Here, the authors found no consistent changes in prescribing patterns of the 13 antibiotics that entered the US market as generics from 2000–2012. |
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spelling | doaj.art-7171fccd93464a6a806f9fc75474d72d2022-12-21T20:31:28ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-05-011211910.1038/s41467-021-23049-4The effect of generic market entry on antibiotic prescriptions in the United StatesCecilia Kållberg0Jemma Hudson1Hege Salvesen Blix2Christine Årdal3Eili Klein4Morten Lindbæk5Kevin Outterson6John-Arne Røttingen7Ramanan Laxminarayan8Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health and Society, University of OsloHealth Services Research Unit, University of AberdeenNorwegian Institute of Public HealthNorwegian Institute of Public HealthCenter for Disease Dynamics, Economics and PolicyFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Health and Society, University of OsloSchool of Law, Boston UniversityFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Health and Society, University of OsloCenter for Disease Dynamics, Economics and PolicyGenerics contribute to increased availability of antibiotics, benefiting healthcare systems but potentially leading to increased consumption with implications for antibiotic stewardship and resistance. Here, the authors found no consistent changes in prescribing patterns of the 13 antibiotics that entered the US market as generics from 2000–2012.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23049-4 |
spellingShingle | Cecilia Kållberg Jemma Hudson Hege Salvesen Blix Christine Årdal Eili Klein Morten Lindbæk Kevin Outterson John-Arne Røttingen Ramanan Laxminarayan The effect of generic market entry on antibiotic prescriptions in the United States Nature Communications |
title | The effect of generic market entry on antibiotic prescriptions in the United States |
title_full | The effect of generic market entry on antibiotic prescriptions in the United States |
title_fullStr | The effect of generic market entry on antibiotic prescriptions in the United States |
title_full_unstemmed | The effect of generic market entry on antibiotic prescriptions in the United States |
title_short | The effect of generic market entry on antibiotic prescriptions in the United States |
title_sort | effect of generic market entry on antibiotic prescriptions in the united states |
url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23049-4 |
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