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Rapporto ISTISAN 21/5 - Antibiotics consumption in Umbria (Italy). Analysis of the data of 2019. Roberto Da Cas, Ilaria Ippoliti, Paola Ruggeri, Giampaolo Bucaneve, Marcello De Giorgi, David Franchini, Rosalba Elisabetta Rocchi, Mariangela Rossi
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Antibiotics consumption in Umbria (Italy). Analysis of the data of 2019.
Roberto Da Cas, Ilaria Ippoliti, Paola Ruggeri, Giampaolo Bucaneve, Marcello De Giorgi, David Franchini, Rosalba Elisabetta Rocchi, Mariangela Rossi
2021, 51 p. Rapporti ISTISAN 21/5 (in Italian)
This report analyses the data prescription of systemic antibiotics within the Umbria region in 2019. At the territorial level, about 19 daily doses per 1000 inhabitants were used, with a stable trend compared to 2018. Four out of ten citizens received at least one antibiotic prescription during the year, higher levels of exposure are reached in children up to 4 years and in the population over 85 years. At hospital level was observed a consumption of 51,5 doses per 100 days of hospitalization, in the hospitals of Perugia and Terni were detected the highest values. From an in-depth study of the use of antibiotics in nursing homes, a reduction of around 10% of the doses and, to a greater extent, of the expenditure was observed. National restrictions on the use of fluoroquinolones as a result of safety problems have led to a high reduction in the use of these drugs at both territorial and hospital level.
Key words: Pharmaceutical prescription; Descriptive studies; Pharmacoepidemiology; Antibiotic resistance
Published 07/04/2021
