Indications and classes of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in Japan: A descriptive study using the national database of electronic health insurance claims, 2012–2015

•The rate of oral antibiotic prescriptions linked to infectious disease diagnoses in Japan was 704 per 1000 population per year in 2012–2015.•A total of 70% of antibiotic prescriptions were for acute respiratory infections and gastrointestinal infections, and 56% were for infections where antibiotic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of infectious diseases 2020-02, Vol.91, p.1-8
Hauptverfasser:	Hashimoto, Hideki, Saito, Makoto, Sato, Jumpei, Goda, Kazuo, Mitsutake, Naohiro, Kitsuregawa, Masaru, Nagai, Ryozo, Hatakeyama, Shuji
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotic Antimicrobial Stewardship Big data Cephalosporins - therapeutic use Child Child, Preschool Communicable Diseases - drug therapy Databases, Factual Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Insurance, Health Japan - epidemiology Macrolides - therapeutic use Male Middle Aged National administrative claims database Outpatients Pharyngitis - drug therapy Quinolones - therapeutic use Respiratory Tract Infections - drug therapy Sinusitis - drug therapy Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	•The rate of oral antibiotic prescriptions linked to infectious disease diagnoses in Japan was 704 per 1000 population per year in 2012–2015.•A total of 70% of antibiotic prescriptions were for acute respiratory infections and gastrointestinal infections, and 56% were for infections where antibiotics are rarely indicated.•For pharyngitis and sinusitis, first-line antibiotics were rarely (
ISSN:	1201-9712 1878-3511
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijid.2019.11.009