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Examining Antibiotic Prescribing Practices: A Comparative Study Between Poland and Latvia

This study investigates the prescribing practices of antibiotics in primary care, highlighting variations between Poland and Latvia. It emphasizes the critical role of laboratory tests in guiding antibiotic use for respiratory tract infections (RTIs), comparing the utilization of tests like CRP and CXR in different countries. The findings reveal significant discrepancies in practices, calling for better data availability on individual prescribing habits and the implementation of educational campaigns. Ultimately, it questions whether increased testing correlates with reduced antibiotic prescriptions.

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Examining Antibiotic Prescribing Practices: A Comparative Study Between Poland and Latvia

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  1. Happy Audit II 2012 S. Chlabicz Department of Family Medicine and Community Nursing Medical University of Bialystok, Poland BARN meeting WARSAW 2013

  2. Background • Prescribing antibiotics for infections is an everyday activity in primary care • Important for individual patient and for public health • We can measure and implement quality of care in chronic conditions (Hypertension, Diabetes, Cardiac failure) • Why not in anb prescribing?

  3. Does more tests equal less anb?Poland versus Latvia

  4. Choice of laboratory tests? • Is use of CRP in 50% of patients in Sweden justified? • Is use of CXR in 17,6% patients in Kaliningrad justified (mean duration of symptoms 2,6 days)?

  5. Conclusions • Huge variations between countries • Data on prescribing habits of individual doctors should be routinely available • Educational campaigns should probably encourage pts not to present early to a doctors with symptoms of RTI • More lab tests does not necessarily equal less anb • Varied use of additional tests (CRP, CXR) reflects lack of consensus on their utility

  6. Limitations • Not a random sample • Doctors aware of being monitored • Reported behaviour

  7. Thank you for your attention

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