Antibiotic use in pre-school children and the correlation with adult educational levels in two Nordic counties: a replication of a 20-year-old study.

Matilde Bøgelund HansenAnne Bonde ThorstedStina IvarssonMia Tyrstrup Katarina HedinEva MelanderMagnus ArpiHelle Neel JakobsenEmma BrogaardJette Nygaard Jensen

Published in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2021)

We found higher antibiotic prescribing in pre-school children in the municipalities of Copenhagen County compared to Skåne County in 2017, suggesting a possible overuse of antibiotics in Denmark. Further research should try to elucidate the reasons for the observed variation.

Keyphrases

primary care
emergency department
young adults
electronic health record