Prevalence of Antibiotics in Chinese Outpatient Pediatric Population:A Meta-Analysis
0bjective: To evaluate the prevalence of antibiotics in the outpatient department of paediatrics in China using data from studies published between 2002 and 2012.Methods: A literature search was performed in three Chinese databases: Wan Fang database,China Journal Full-text database,VIP database to collect data.The random effects model of the meta-analysis was employed according to Meta Analyst Beta 3.13.Subgroups were grouped by geographical region(south and north of China),hospital level(tertiary hospitals and secondary hospitals),study years(2002-2006 and 2007-2012).Results: In total,21 studies were included for this analysis,with a total prescriptions of 127,793 prescriptions and 80,152 antibiotic prescriptions.The pooled prevalence of antibiotics was 65.7%(95%CI: 61.2%~70.0%).It demonstrated that the homogeneity of the references was moderate after heterogeneity test(I2=49.9%).The summarized prevalence of northern and southern China was found to be 59.3%(95%CI: 54.4%~64.0%)and 70.8%(95%CI: 64.8~76.2%)respectively.Prevalence in tertiary hospitals and secondary hospitals were 64.2%(95%CI: 60.3%~67.9%)and 70.3%(95%CI: 53.3%~83.1%)respectively.For the first half and last half of the decade covered in this meta-analysis,pooled prevalence was 64.3%(95%CI: 59.2%~69.2%)and 66.4%(95%CI: 59.2%~72.6%)respectively.Conclusions: The usage rate of antibiotics in outpatient paediatrics was quite high,which should be supervised and managed.
YING ZHANG YANA MA HONGPENG SUN LIPING QIAN ANG LI
School of Public Health,Medical College of Soochow University.Renai Road,Suzhou Industrial Park,Suzhou,P.R.China
国际会议
2014 International Conference on Management and Engineering(CME 2014)(2014管理与工程国际会议)
上海
英文
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2014-05-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）