Consequently, from 1994 to 1997, the volume of antibiotics prescribed decreased temporarily from 334 million to 305 million DDDs (57).
The prescriptions where four or more drugs were prescribed decreased compared with 2009 (p < 0.05).> -wrap-foot> Note: RD = the difference of proportion between the years; CI=confidence interval.
Third, our study showed that the number of prescriptions where one or more antibiotics were prescribed decreased to 58.48% in 2010 (p < 0.01), whereas the WHO recommendation is 20.0 26.8% [ 8].
Nevertheless, a recent Cochrane review concludes that overall evidence for the effect of financial incentives, such as drug budgets, is weak: while drug spending and the volume of drugs prescribed decreases, there is not clear evidence about their effects on health care utilization (such as referrals to specialists) [ 13].
Over the next 2 years, the number of women 40 and older requesting hormone therapy declined significantly, as the number of visits resulting in a prescription for hormone therapy prescribed decreased from 26.5 million in 2001 to 16.9 million in 2003 (Hing and Brett 2006).
"I am proud of the new and modern Constitution," he said, adding that it was "the first in Europe to prescribe decreasing public debt and keeping the balance of the budget".
The national rates of cephalexin prescribing decreased over time (p < 0.01).
High-dose aspirin and digoxin prescribing decreased over time, but long-term proton pump inhibitors at maximal dose increased substantially (from 0.8%too 23.8%).
Cephalexin, an antimicrobial to treat methicillin-susceptible S. aureus infections, was assessed to determine whether rates of cephalexin prescribing decreased when rates of MRSA infections increased.
It is interesting to note that when time was adjusted for in the statistical models, the correlation between national MRSA infection rates and linezolid prescribing remained, but the correlation between national MRSA infection rates and clindamycin prescribing decreased substantially.
