Objectives Although antibiotic use and resistance are low in Norway, the situation risks
changing for the worse. We investigated trends in antibiotic use and assessed them in …

Objectives To report and analyse trends in antibiotic use in Dutch university hospitals, large
teaching hospitals and general hospitals over the period 2003 to 2009. Methods Data on the …

Abstract Changes in patterns of antibiotic use in Chinese hospitals before and after intensive
nationwide interventions are reported and compared with Chinese national targets and …

OBJECTIVE: To analyse trends in antibiotic use in Dutch hospitals over the period 1997 to
2002. METHODS: Data on the use of antibiotics and hospital resource indicators were …

In a pilot study we established a hospital antibiotic use database from which estimates for
antibiotic consumption in German hospitals (expressed as defined daily doses per 100 …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to establish whether there was a relationship between
the number of antibacterial agents used and total antibiotic use in European hospitals …

Background The Norwegian antibiotic policy emphasises use of narrow-spectrum antibiotics
and has been regarded as successful. We have a low occurrence of antibiotic resistance …

Objectives: The number of defined daily doses (DDD) per 100 patient days is often used as
an indicator for the selection pressure exerted by antibiotics in the hospital setting. However …

There is no established standard for comparing overall antibiotic use between hospitals
taking patient characteristics into account. The objective of this study was to investigate …

BACKGROUND One of the goals in the Action plan against antibiotics resistance in the
health services is to reduce the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in Norwegian hospitals …