Enormous progress has been made globally in the use of evidence derived from patients'
clinical information as they access their routine medical care. The value of real-world data …

Objectives Variation in antibiotic use may reflect inappropriate use. We aimed to
systematically describe the variation in measures for antibiotic use among settings or …

Western European health systems are not keeping pace with changes in child health needs.
Non-communicable diseases are increasingly common causes of childhood illness and …

Background To describe the utilisation of antibiotics in children and adolescents across 5
European countries based on the same drug utilisation measures and age groups. Special …

Background: To describe patterns of antibiotic outpatient use in 3 European countries,
including 2 new pediatric-specific quality indicators (QIs). Methods: A cohort study was …

Background A central component of the German antibiotic resistance strategy is to monitor
the outpatient prescribing of systemic antibiotics nationwide, across all of the statutory health …

Purpose Inadequate use of antibiotics can lead to problems such as resistance. Overuse is
especially a problem for children, since they are more affected by acute (often virus-caused) …

Objectives To estimate the rate of paediatric attendance at emergency departments (EDs) in
the Lombardy Region, Italy, and to determine the factors contributing to different patterns of …

Background Prescribing of systemic antibiotics in general and of cephalosporins in
particular in German paediatric outpatients has previously been reported to be higher than …

Background Drugs are the most important treatment option for most diseases, and the
majority of medical consultations result in a prescription. Women and men receive different …