China has made remarkable progress in strengthening its primary health-care system.
Nevertheless, the system still faces challenges in structural characteristics, incentives and …

Antibiotic stewardship is a necessity given the worldwide antimicrobial resistance crisis.
Outpatient antibiotic use represents around 90% of total antibiotic use, with more than half of …

Background For decades, antibiotics have been excessively consumed around the world,
contributing to increased antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and negatively impacting health …

Background Over-prescription of antibiotics is prevalent all over the world, contributing to the
development of antibiotic resistance. The importance of understanding how physicians …

The aim of this paper is to measure the knowledge and attitudes of primary care physicians
toward antibiotic prescriptions and their impacts on antibiotic prescribing. A questionnaire …

Background Irrational use of antibiotics is a major driver of development of antibiotic
resistance, which heavily threatens population health worldwide. Understanding the …

Background It is becoming increasingly common to publish information about the quality and
performance of healthcare organisations and individual professionals. However, we do not …

Background The public's irrational use of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections
(URTIs) is prevalent worldwide. This study aims to synthesize evidence on how people use …

Background The overuse of antibiotics is a serious public health problem in China, causing
a high rate of antimicrobial resistance. This study identified the trends of antibiotic …

This paper assesses the determinants of the enrolment in the New Rural Cooperative
Medical Scheme (NRCMS), a heavily subsidized voluntary health insurance scheme in rural …