Relationship between prescribing of antibiotics and other medicines in primary care: a cross-sectional study.

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Relationship between prescribing of antibiotics and other medicines in primary care: a cross-sectional study.

Relationship between prescribing of antibiotics and other medicines in primary care: a cross-sectional study.

アブストラクト	BACKGROUND: High levels of antibiotic prescribing are a major concern as they drive antimicrobial resistance. It is currently unknown whether practices that prescribe higher levels of antibiotics also prescribe more medicines in general. AIM: To evaluate the relationship between antibiotic and general prescribing levels in primary care. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study in 2014-2015 of 6517 general practices in England using NHS digital practice prescribing data (NHS-DPPD) for the main study, and of 587 general practices in the UK using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink for a replication study. METHOD: Linear regression to assess determinants of antibiotic prescribing. RESULTS: NHS-DPPD practices prescribed an average of 576.1 antibiotics per 1000 patients per year (329.9 at the 5th percentile and 808.7 at the 95th percentile). The levels of prescribing of antibiotics and other medicines were strongly correlated. Practices with high levels of prescribing of other medicines (a rate of 27 159.8 at the 95th percentile) prescribed 80% more antibiotics than low-prescribing practices (rate of 8815.9 at the 5th percentile). After adjustment, NHS-DPPD practices with high prescribing of other medicines gave 60% more antibiotic prescriptions than low-prescribing practices (corresponding to higher prescribing of 276.3 antibiotics per 1000 patients per year). Prescribing of non-opioid painkillers and benzodiazepines were also strong indicators of the level of antibiotic prescribing. General prescribing levels were a much stronger driver for antibiotic prescribing than other risk factors, such as deprivation. CONCLUSION: The propensity of GPs to prescribe medications generally is an important driver for antibiotic prescribing. Interventions that aim to optimise antibiotic prescribing will need to target general prescribing behaviours, in addition to specifically targeting antibiotics.
ジャーナル名	The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
Pubmed追加日	2018/12/19
投稿者	Li, Yan; Molter, Anna; White, Andrew; Welfare, William; Palin, Victoria; Belmonte, Miguel; Ashcroft, Darren M; Sperrin, Matthew; van Staa, Tjeerd Pieter
組織名	Health e-Research Centre, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine;and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.;NHS Greater Manchester Shared Service, Oldham, UK.;Public Health England North West, Manchester, UK.;Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, and NIHR Greater Manchester;Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, School of Health Sciences, Faculty;of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.;and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, and Utrecht Institute for;Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Pubmed リンク	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30559110/