The COVID-19 Pandemic Enhanced the Decade-Long Trend of the Decreasing Utilization of Antibiotics.

Antibiotics (Basel) · 2023 · PMC10215069 · PMID 37237830

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Discussion Our study indicated a decreasing trend in rates of AB prescriptions starting in 2015 and culminating in 2021.

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We observed a negative trend in the number of patients with an AB prescription ( Figure 1 ), starting in 2015 (505 patients per practice) and persisting until 2021 with the most significant decreases recorded in 2020 (300 patients per practice) and 2021 (266 patients per practice) ( Table 1 ).

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