Time trends in antibiotic consumption in the elderly: Ten-year follow-up of the Spanish National Health Survey and the European Health Interview Survey for Spain (2003-2014).

The purposes of this study were: firstly, to estimate time trends in the prevalence of prescription antibiotic consumption between 2003 and 2014; secondly, to identify the factors associated with the probability of consuming antibiotics during this period in elderly persons in Spain.We analyzed data...

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Main Authors: Domingo Palacios-Ceña, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Isabel Jiménez-Trujillo, Ramón Serrano-Urrea, César Fernández-de-Las-Peñas, Pilar Carrasco-Garrido
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5706724?pdf=render