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dc.contributor.authorEmberland, Knut Erik
dc.contributor.authorWensaas, Knut-Arne
dc.contributor.authorLitleskare, Sverre
dc.contributor.authorLarsen, Leo
dc.contributor.authorMørch, Kristine
dc.contributor.authorRuths, Sabine
dc.contributor.authorRørtveit, Guri
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-09T09:10:15Z
dc.date.available2022-02-09T09:10:15Z
dc.date.created2022-01-14T14:38:15Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationFamily Practice. 2021, 39 (1), 19-25.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0263-2136
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2977906
dc.description.abstractBackground When patients with gastroenteritis (GE) seek health care, they are generally managed in primary care. Little is known about the use of antibiotic treatment in these cases. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate time trends and patient characteristics associated with antibiotic treatment for GE in Norwegian primary care in a 10-year period. Methods We linked data from two nationwide registries, reimbursement claims data from Norwegian primary care (the KUHR database) and The Norwegian Prescription Database, for the period 2006–15. GE consultations were extracted, and courses of systemic antibiotics dispensed within 1 day were included for further analyses. Results Antibiotic treatment was linked to 1.8% (n = 23 663) of the 1 279 867 consultations for GE in Norwegian primary care in the period 2006–15. The proportion of GE consultations with antibiotic treatment increased from 1.4% in 2006 to 2.2% in 2012 and then decreased to 1.8% in 2015. Fluoroquinolones (28.9%) and metronidazole (26.8%) were most frequently used. Whereas the number of fluoroquinolones courses decreased after 2012, the number of metronidazole courses continued to increase until year 2015. The antibiotic treatment proportion of GE consultations was lowest in young children and increased with increasing age. Conclusion Antibiotic treatment is infrequently used in GE consultations in Norwegian primary care. Although there was an overall increase in use during the study period, we observed a reduction in overall use after year 2012. Young children were treated with antibiotics in GE consultations less frequent than older patients.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleAntibiotics for gastroenteritis in general practice and out-of-hours services in Norway 2006-15en_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.rights.holder© The Author(s) 2021en_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode2
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/fampra/cmab080
dc.identifier.cristin1981334
dc.source.journalFamily Practiceen_US
dc.source.volume39en_US
dc.source.issue1en_US
dc.source.pagenumber19-25en_US


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