Trends in Antibiotic Prescribing in Out-of-Hours Primary Care in England from January 2016 to June 2020 to Understand Behaviours during the First Wave of COVID-19

Trends in Antibiotic Prescribing in Out-of-Hours Primary Care in England from January 2016 to June 2020 to Understand Behaviours during the First Wave of COVID-19

We describe the trend of antibiotic prescribing in out-of-hours (OOH) general practices (GP) before and during England’s first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analysed practice-level prescribing records between January 2016 to June 2020 to report the trends for the total prescribing volume, prescr...

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Main Authors: Nina J. Zhu, Monsey McLeod, Cliodna A. M. McNulty, Donna M. Lecky, Alison H. Holmes, Raheelah Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
out-of-hours
antibiotics
antimicrobial stewardship
COVID-19
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/1/32

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