Impact of Antibiotic Administrative Restrictions on Trends in Antibiotic Resistance

From: Canadian Journal of Public Health | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Context: In March 2001, in response to concerns about increasing resistance to fluoroquinolone (FQ) antibiotics, the Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) program limited reimbursement of FQs to ODB beneficiaries defined as high risk or in whom other therapies are not tolerated.

Objective: To analyze the impact of the limited use (LU) policy changes on antibiotic resistance rates in Ontario, focussing on community-acquired pathogens.

Design: Ontario data submitted to the Canadian Bacterial Surveillance Network (CBSN) between January 1, 1998 and June 30, 2002 were analyzed for rates of ...

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