Analysis of Antibacterial Utilization for Patients with Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Community Health Care Institutions in Dongcheng District of Beijing / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the use of antibacterials for patients with acute upper respiratory tract infections(AURIs) in community health care institutions in Dongcheng district, so as to provide references for rational use of antibacterials in primary health care institutions. METHODS: All the outpatient prescriptions of AURIs patients from 65 primary health care institutions in Dongcheng district in 2016 were selected. The antibacterial and multiple antibacterial prescription rate were analyzed from the perspective of drug categories, patients′ and doctors′ characteristics. RESULTS: This study included 164 575 AURIs prescriptions of community health care institutions in Dongcheng district in 2016. The antibacterial prescription rate(APR)was 12.1% and the multiple antibacterial prescription rate(MAPR) was 0.6%. The top antibacterials in the list of varieties were second generation cephalosporin(60.2%) and macrolide(16.2%), the penicillin preferred by the guidelines were not used. The APR for the male and patients with acute laryngitis or acute tonsillitis was higher. Compared with patients 18-50 years old,the use and combination of antibacterials for patients >50 years old werehigher(P<0.05).There were significant differences in the use and combination of antibacterials among doctors of different genders, education and titles(P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The issue of antibacterial abuse in the AURIs treatment in primary health care institutions should be given sufficient attention. Regular standardized antibacterial treatments training and continuing education for all doctors in primary health care institution are necessary.