Exploratory Analysis of Antibiotic Prescription Duration among BC Healthcare Professionals (1996-2018) Anastasiia Lisovskaia

TEAM: Anastasiia Lisovskaia, Abdullah Mamun, David Patrick A growing body of research, including systematic reviews and RCTs, is documenting that shorter courses of antimicrobials are no less effective that traditional longer courses for treating common bacterial infections while providing important health benefits for both individuals and society. The project aims to investigate the duration of antibiotic prescriptions by healthcare profession, major drug class and indication of prescription, age group and gender) using community-level BC PharmaNet data (matched with MSP data to get diagnoses). The findings will then be used to assess adherence to current antibiotic treatment guidelines and provide evidence to help communicate with BC healthcare providers and encourage them to optimize the duration of antibiotic prescriptions.

BC CDC Presenters

10/14/2020 9:30:00 PM