To ensure sufficient access to healthcare in remote areas, some countries allow physicians
to directly dispense prescribed drugs through on-site pharmacies. Depending on the …

Background Growing rates of antibiotic resistance, caused by increasing antibiotic use, pose
a threat by making antibiotics less effective in treating infections. Objective We aimed to …

Objective Because free sample of prescription medications have been shown to influence
prescribing habits of physicians, we sought to discern if promotional efforts of a retail …

Objective We analyse the effect of primary care availability on antibiotic consumption and on
the quality of antibiotic prescribing behaviour. Design Retrospective panel design …

This paper investigates whether patient‐level factors, in particular cost considerations, affect
the physicians' prescribing decisions. In the context of a natural experiment, we examine the …

Aims: Antimicrobial resistance presents an increasingly serious threat to global public
health, which is directly related to how antibiotic medication is used in society. Actions aimed …

In many health care markets, physicians can respond to changes in reimbursement
schemes by changing the volume (volume response) and the composition of services …

Background Rational antibiotic prescribing is crucial to combat antibiotic resistance. Optimal
strategies to improve antibiotic use are not known. Strama, the Swedish strategic program …

Background Previous studies have identified substantial regional variations in outpatient
antibiotic prescribing in Germany, both in the paediatric and adult population. This indicates …

Human antibiotic consumption is considered the main driver of antibiotic resistance.
Reducing human antibiotic consumption without compromising health care quality poses …