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Comparison of antibiotics consumption in rural and urban areas in Republic of Croatia between 2015- 2020

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this resarch is to investigate antibiotics consumption in public health system's dental offices from 2015. to 2020. in rural and urban areas in Republic of Croatia. MATERIAL AND METHODES: The 1.535.139 data were collected from the Central Information Health System of Croatia (CEZIH) in the period of five years. The data contained data about number of antibiotics prescription, number of prescribers and post offices of dental practices. The consumption of antiobiotics is expressed in Defined Daily Dose per 1000 inhabitants per day (DDD/TSD), which is calculated : Utilization in DDDs x 1000/ No. of inhabitans x No. of days in the period of data collections. The data about number of inhabitants in Croatia was obtained from Croatian Bureau of Statistics. RESULTS: In 2015. DDD/TDI in rural area was 2.4, and in urban 1.8. In 2016. in rural area was 2.5, and in urban 1.9. In 2017. in rural was 2.6, and in urban 1.9. In 2018. in rural 2.7, and in urban 1.9, and in 2019. in rural 3.5, and in urban 2.5. Number of prescribers per 2000 inhabitans in Republic of Croatia in each year was 1.1. T-test for independent samples has shown that the DDD/TSD is statistically higer in rural areas than in urban (p<0, 05). CONCLUSION: During the five year period consumption of antibiotics was higher in rural than in urban areas, with significant increased consumption in 2019. in rural and urban areas.

antibiotic, consumption, defined daily dose

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