The impact of COVID-19 on consultations and antibiotic prescribing for URTI in England Antibiotic Coronavirus Disease COVID antimicrobialresistance jac_amr LSHTM UKHSA
Study: Sustained increases in antibiotic prescriptions per primary care consultation for upper respiratory tract infections in England during the COVID-19 pandemic. Image Credit: i viewfinder / Shutterstock
About the study In the present study, the researchers used deidentified electronic medical records comprising age, gender, symptoms and diagnoses, prescription information such as drug code, date of consultation and prescription issue, and geographic location to conduct an interrupted time-series analysis. The patient data also contained information on whether the consultation was telephonic or in-person.
Results The results reported that after implementing COVID-19-related lockdown measures in the U.K. around March 2020, antibiotic prescriptions increased by 105.7 items per 1000 upper respiratory tract infection consultations. Moreover, this increase in antibiotic prescription rates was sustained till May 2022. In total, 518,859 patients had consulted at least once for an upper respiratory tract infection during the study period, and 50.
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