National health insurance scheme improves access and optimization of antimicrobial use in the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Temitope O ObadareTaiwo O OgundipeAdeyemi Temitayo AdeyemoCaleb M AboderinDoyin R AbiolaNaheemot O SuleAaron Oladipo Aboderin

Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2023)

Prescribing indicators show better performances with NHIS antibiotic prescribing and are closer to the WHO-recommended optimal values than in OPP prescribing. Hence NHIS prescribing can be an easy target for hospital antibiotic stewardship intervention for optimal antibiotic prescribing.

Keyphrases

primary care
health insurance
adverse drug
healthcare
randomized controlled trial
staphylococcus aureus
affordable care act
emergency department
electronic health record