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

CONCLUSIONS: Total community antibiotic dispensing has reduced significantly in New Zealand between 2015 and 2018, with large disparities between primary health organisations in the size of the reductions. The overall rates of antibiotic dispensing remain high for non-Māori and non-Pacific people, and prescribers should aim to further reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for these populations. However, the overall rate of antibiotic dispensing for Māori and Pacific people may now approximate an optimal level. Prescribers should aim to further reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, but also to increase appropriate antibiotic prescribing for these populations. PMID: 32683430 [PubMed - in process]
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: N Z Med J Source Type: research