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SUBMITTER: Ellegard LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5836891 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Health economics 20170707 1
Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health worldwide. As the healthcare sector's use of antibiotics is an important contributor to the development of resistance, it is crucial that physicians only prescribe antibiotics when needed and that they choose narrow-spectrum antibiotics, which act on fewer bacteria types, when possible. Inappropriate use of antibiotics is nonetheless widespread, not least for respiratory tract infections (RTI), a common reason for antibiotics prescriptions ...[more]