Antibiotic use in South Korea from 2007 to 2014: A health insurance database-generated time series analysis.

Inappropriate antibiotic use significantly contributes to antibiotic-resistance, resulting in reduced antibiotic efficacy and increasing physical burden and cost of disease. The goal of this study was to explore antibiotic usage patterns in South Korea using 2007-2014 health insurance claims data.We...

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Main Authors: Juhee Park, Euna Han, Soo Ok Lee, Dong-Sook Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5435228?pdf=render