Kevin L Schwartz1, Camille Achonu2, Kevin Antoine Brown2, Bradley Langford2, Nick Daneman2, Jennie Johnstone2, Gary Garber2. 1. Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Achonu, Brown, Langford, Daneman, Johnstone, Garber); Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Schwartz, Brown, Johnstone); Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Daneman); Department of Medicine (Daneman, Garber), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber), Ottawa, Ont. kevin.schwartz@oahpp.ca. 2. Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Achonu, Brown, Langford, Daneman, Johnstone, Garber); Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Schwartz, Brown, Johnstone); Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Daneman); Department of Medicine (Daneman, Garber), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber), Ottawa, Ont.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Regional variability in antibiotic use is associated with both antibiotic overuse and antimicrobial resistance. Our objectives were to benchmark outpatient antibiotic use and to evaluate geographic variability among health regions in the province of Ontario, Canada. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study of antibiotics dispensed from outpatient retail pharmacies in Ontario between March 2016 and February 2017. We analyzed variability in the number of antibiotic prescriptions dispensed per 1000 population among Ontario's 14 health regions with crude and adjusted Poisson regression models. Adjusted models controlled for rurality, 4 physician characteristics and 6 population characteristics. RESULTS: There were 8 352 578 antibiotics dispensed during the 1-year study period or 621 per 1000 population. The most commonly prescribed antibiotic classes were narrow-spectrum penicillins, macrolides, first-generation cephalosporins and second-generation fluoroquinolones, with adult women receiving the highest rate of prescriptions: 985 antibiotic prescriptions per 1000 population. There was geographic variability in total and class-specific antibiotic use. In the health region with the highest use 778 antibiotics were dispensed per 1000 population whereas in the health region with the lowest use 534 antibiotics were dispensed per 1000 population. The adjusted marginal standardized antibiotic prescription rates for the health regions with the highest and lowest use were 787 (95% confidence interval [CI] 658-934) and 546 (95% CI 494-606) antibiotic prescriptions per 1000 population, respectively. INTERPRETATION: We described baseline antibiotic usage in Ontario over a 12-month period, noting variability among some health regions. Our findings highlight the need for interventions to optimize antibiotic use and slow the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Copyright 2018, Joule Inc. or its licensors.
BACKGROUND: Regional variability in antibiotic use is associated with both antibiotic overuse and antimicrobial resistance. Our objectives were to benchmark outpatient antibiotic use and to evaluate geographic variability among health regions in the province of Ontario, Canada. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study of antibiotics dispensed from outpatient retail pharmacies in Ontario between March 2016 and February 2017. We analyzed variability in the number of antibiotic prescriptions dispensed per 1000 population among Ontario's 14 health regions with crude and adjusted Poisson regression models. Adjusted models controlled for rurality, 4 physician characteristics and 6 population characteristics. RESULTS: There were 8 352 578 antibiotics dispensed during the 1-year study period or 621 per 1000 population. The most commonly prescribed antibiotic classes were narrow-spectrum penicillins, macrolides, first-generation cephalosporins and second-generation fluoroquinolones, with adult women receiving the highest rate of prescriptions: 985 antibiotic prescriptions per 1000 population. There was geographic variability in total and class-specific antibiotic use. In the health region with the highest use 778 antibiotics were dispensed per 1000 population whereas in the health region with the lowest use 534 antibiotics were dispensed per 1000 population. The adjusted marginal standardized antibiotic prescription rates for the health regions with the highest and lowest use were 787 (95% confidence interval [CI] 658-934) and 546 (95% CI 494-606) antibiotic prescriptions per 1000 population, respectively. INTERPRETATION: We described baseline antibiotic usage in Ontario over a 12-month period, noting variability among some health regions. Our findings highlight the need for interventions to optimize antibiotic use and slow the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Copyright 2018, Joule Inc. or its licensors.
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