Trends in medicine utilisation in public and private healthcare facilities before and during COVID-19: a nationwide analysis of medicine procurement and sales data, 2018-2022.

J Pharm Policy Pract · 2024 · PMC11425687 · PMID 39328842

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an increasing trendno p-value reported

Classes with agents used for COVID-19 treatment, such as systemic corticosteroids, antibiotics, and antivirals had an increasing trend between April 2020 and December 2022, although some slope changes were not statistically significant.

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an obvious trendno p-value reported

While several drugs have been repurposed for the treatment of COVID-19, we did not find an obvious trend of increased use during the study period.

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