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The impacts of New Zealand's COVID-19 epidemic response on community antibiotic use and hospitalisation for pneumonia, peritonsillar abscess and rheumatic fever

BACKGROUND: The rate of community antibiotic use in New Zealand (NZ) is high and some may be unnecessary. Non-pharmaceutical public health interventions (Alert Levels) were implemented in 2020 to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in NZ and were likely to have affected antibiotic prescribing. METHODS: We...

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Autores principales: Duffy, Eamon, Thomas, Mark, Hills, Thomas, Ritchie, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8188305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34124704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100162