Regional Variations in Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing in Germany: A Small Area Analysis Based on Claims Data

• Main Authors: Oliver Scholle (Author), Marieke Asendorf (Author), Christoph Buck (Author), Susann Grill (Author), Christopher Jones (Author), Bianca Kollhorst (Author), Oliver Riedel (Author), Benjamin Schüz (Author), Ulrike Haug (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A comprehensive small area description of regional variations in outpatient antibiotic prescribing in Germany is lacking. Using the German Pharmacoepidemiological Research Database (GePaRD), a claims database covering ~20% of the German population, we determined the age- and sex-standardized prescri...