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1960. Lost in Translation: Comparing Rates of Outpatient Antibiotic Use in Three Metrics

BACKGROUND: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tracks US outpatient antibiotic use in prescriptions per 1000 persons (Rx/1000), while the World Health Organization uses defined daily doses per 1000 persons (DDD/1000), which are based on average adult dose, for global surveillance....

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Autores principales: Prestel, Christopher, King, Laura M, Bartoces, Monina, Neuhauser, Melinda M, Hicks, Lauri, Fleming-Dutra, Katherine E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809190/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz359.137