Abstract
The evaluation indexes of antimicrobial use (AMU) in sub-prefectural regions have not been established because these regional units are susceptible to the effects of population inflows and outflows. We defined the difference in AMU calculated each year as a new evaluation index and compared the AMU of secondary medical areas with those already reported for Japan and each prefecture. Patients/1000 inhabitants/day (PID) for oral antibiotics in 2013 and 2016 were calculated using the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups. ΔPID was defined as the difference between the PIDs in 2013 and 2016. Differences in AMUs for Japan and prefectures that have already been published were also calculated, and the concordance rate with ΔPID in each secondary medical area was evaluated. Antibiotics and age groups with less than 50% concordance between secondary medical area and previously reported AMU changes were observed. This revealed that even at the secondary medical area level, which is more detailed than the prefectural level, the AMU changes were not consistent. Therefore, in order to appropriately promote measures against antimicrobial resistance, we suggest the necessity of not only surveying AMU at the national or prefectural levels but also examining sub-prefectural trends in AMU.
Funder
Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare
Subject
Pharmacology (medical),Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics,Biochemistry,Microbiology
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