Antibiotic use in eastern Europe: a cross-national database study in coordination with the WHO Regional Office for Europe
Ann Versporten; Ganna Bolokhovets; Lilit Ghazaryan; Vafa Abilova; Galina Pyshnik; Tijana Spasojevic; Irma Korinteli; Lul Raka; Baktygul Kambaralieva; Lidija Čizmović; Angela Carp; Vesela Radonjić; Nargis Maqsudova; Hatice Demet Celik; Marina Payerl-Pal; Hanne Bak Pedersen; Nina Sautenkova, and Herman Goossens · 2014
Catalogue summary
Comparable 2011 wholesale data from thirteen non-European-Union countries and areas placed Armenia at the lowest total antibiotic consumption, 15.3 defined daily doses per thousand inhabitants per day, while revealing large regional differences in drug choice and injection use.
Why this matters
The Armenian benchmark supports national antimicrobial-use surveillance and gives policymakers a reproducible basis for comparing prescribing patterns across neighboring systems.
Citation
Ann Versporten; Ganna Bolokhovets; Lilit Ghazaryan; Vafa Abilova; Galina Pyshnik; Tijana Spasojevic; Irma Korinteli; Lul Raka; Baktygul Kambaralieva; Lidija Čizmović; Angela Carp; Vesela Radonjić; Nargis Maqsudova; Hatice Demet Celik; Marina Payerl-Pal; Hanne Bak Pedersen; Nina Sautenkova, and Herman Goossens 2014. Antibiotic use in eastern Europe: a cross-national database study in coordination with the WHO Regional Office for Europe. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(14)70071-4
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