Patterns of medication use and factors associated with antibiotic use among adult fever patients at Singapore primary care clinics

ConclusionsOur study provides insights on antibiotic usage among adult patients presenting to primary care clinics with febrile illness, and suggests that high socio-economic status, and risk factors of a severe illness, that is, low BMI and persistence of initial symptoms, are associated with higher antibiotic use. Further work to understand trends of antibiotic usage in both private and public primary care clinics, and factors that influence patient expectation and physician prescribing of antibiotics is important.
Source: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research