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Impact of Antibiotic Administrative Restrictions on Trends in Antibiotic Resistance

Abstract

ContextIn March 2001, in response to concerns about increasing resistance to fluoroquinolone (FQ) antibiotics, the Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) program limited reimbursement of FQs to ODB beneficiaries defined as high risk or in whom other therapies are not tolerated.ObjectiveTo analyze the impact of the limited use (LU) policy changes on antibiotic resistance rates in Ontario, focussing on community-acquired pathogens.DesignOntario data …

Authors

Marshall DA; McGeer A; Gough J; Grootendorst P; Buitendyk M; Simonyi S; Green K; Jaszewski B; MacLeod SM; Low DE

Journal

Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 97, No. 2, pp. 126–131

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

March 2006

DOI

10.1007/bf03405330

ISSN

0008-4263