Survey of Parental Use of Antimicrobial Drugs for Common Childhood Infections, China

Lin, Leesa; Harbarth, Stephan; Wang, Xiaomin; Zhou, Xudong

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Survey of Parental Use of Antimicrobial Drugs for Common Childhood Infections, China

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Jul 2020
By Lin, Leesa ; Harbarth, Stephan ; Wang, Xiaomin ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Lin, Leesa ; Harbarth, Stephan ; Wang, Xiaomin ; Zhou, Xudong
Description:

In a large-scale survey of 9,526 parents in China, we investigated antimicrobial drug use for common childhood infections. Of children with self-limiting conditions, formal care was sought for 69.2%; of those, 53.4% received drug prescriptions, including 11.2% from parental demands. Where drugs were taken without prescriptions, 70% were from community pharmacies.
Subjects:

Anti-Bacterial Agents Child Humans Parents Pharmaceutical Preparations Practice Patterns, Physicians' Surveys And Questionnaires
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 26(7):1517-1520
Pubmed ID:

32568044
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC7323518
Document Type:

Journal Article
Genre:

Dispatch
Place as Subject:

China
Volume:

26
Issue:

7
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:0d06311658626a9bb649180f9f5b7b441b461db9972936587e50822193aace4e
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