Antibiotic prescribing in paediatric populations: a comparison between Viareggio, Italy and Funen, Denmark

Gaia Lusini; Francesco Lapi; Benocci Sara; Alfredo Vannacci; Alessandro Mugelli; Jakob Kragstrup; Lars Bjerrum

doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp040

Antibiotic prescribing in paediatric populations: a comparison between Viareggio, Italy and Funen, Denmark

Gaia Lusini, Francesco Lapi, Benocci Sara, Alfredo Vannacci, Alessandro Mugelli, Jakob Kragstrup, Lars Bjerrum

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Abstract

High rates of antibiotic prescribing in paediatric populations represent a major issue because of the problem of antibiotic resistance. North European countries reported an appropriate use of antibiotics in general population; few studies on this issue have been conducted until now, especially in Italy. Therefore a comparison concerning paediatric antibiotic prescribing rates between an Italian administrative area in Tuscany (Viareggio) and the county of Funen (Denmark) was conducted.

Original language	English
Journal	European Journal of Public Health
Volume	19
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	434-8
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1101-1262
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckp040
Publication status	Published - Aug 2009

Keywords

Adolescent
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Child
Child, Preschool
Databases as Topic
Denmark
Drug Prescriptions
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Italy
Pediatrics
Young Adult

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Antibiotic prescribing in paediatric populations: a comparison between Viareggio, Italy and Funen, Denmark. / Lusini, Gaia; Lapi, Francesco; Sara, Benocci; Vannacci, Alfredo; Mugelli, Alessandro; Kragstrup, Jakob ; Bjerrum, Lars.

In: European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 19, No. 4, 08.2009, p. 434-8.

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