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Article

Dosage Form Data Used for Estimating Pediatric Antibiotic Use

by
Maria MATUZ
1,*,
Ria BENKO
1,
Monique ELSEVIERS
2,
Edit HAJDU
3,
Peter DORO
1,
Reka VIOLA
1 and
Gyongyver SOOS
1
1
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Szeged, Szikra utca 8., H-6725 Szeged, Hungary
2
Centre for Research and Innovation in Care (CRIC), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, CDE R3.29, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
3
First Internal Medicine, Infectiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Kálvária sgt 57, H-6724 Szeged, Hungary
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sci. Pharm. 2015, 83(3), 511-518; https://doi.org/10.3797/scipharm.1411-05
Submission received: 11 November 2014 / Accepted: 1 July 2015 / Published: 1 July 2015
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Abstract

We aimed to report a simple estimation method to enable quantification of pediatric antibiotic exposure in large aggregated datasets. Secondly, we aimed to quantify and benchmark Hungarian pediatric antibiotic use. First we intended to examine whether a correlation existed between dosage form data and the patient’s age. Therefore, issued prescriptions were analyzed in pharmacies. As a correlation was found between the share of liquid oral antibacterial products and the rate of pediatric antibiotic prescriptions (R=0.884; p<0.001), we extrapolated this finding to a large aggregated dataset and estimated that 34.6% of prescriptions were issued for pediatric cases (95% confidence interval: 19.7–60.0). Taking into account the demography of the population, children were exposed to antibiotics three times more often than adults with a corresponding annual prescription rate of 2.6. We demonstrated that simple drug-related data can be linked to a patient-related measure as we found strong associations between dosage form data and patients’ age. Based on this association, massive pediatric antibiotic exposure was found. Due to the general availability of dosage form data and the ease of the estimation method, the reported concept can be used to quantify pediatric antibiotic use in large aggregated datasets or when age stratification is absent.
Keywords: Pediatric antibiotic use; New estimation method; Pharmacoepidemiology; Liquid oral formulations; Drug utilization research Pediatric antibiotic use; New estimation method; Pharmacoepidemiology; Liquid oral formulations; Drug utilization research

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MATUZ, M.; BENKO, R.; ELSEVIERS, M.; HAJDU, E.; DORO, P.; VIOLA, R.; SOOS, G. Dosage Form Data Used for Estimating Pediatric Antibiotic Use. Sci. Pharm. 2015, 83, 511-518. https://doi.org/10.3797/scipharm.1411-05

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MATUZ M, BENKO R, ELSEVIERS M, HAJDU E, DORO P, VIOLA R, SOOS G. Dosage Form Data Used for Estimating Pediatric Antibiotic Use. Scientia Pharmaceutica. 2015; 83(3):511-518. https://doi.org/10.3797/scipharm.1411-05

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MATUZ, Maria, Ria BENKO, Monique ELSEVIERS, Edit HAJDU, Peter DORO, Reka VIOLA, and Gyongyver SOOS. 2015. "Dosage Form Data Used for Estimating Pediatric Antibiotic Use" Scientia Pharmaceutica 83, no. 3: 511-518. https://doi.org/10.3797/scipharm.1411-05

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MATUZ, M., BENKO, R., ELSEVIERS, M., HAJDU, E., DORO, P., VIOLA, R., & SOOS, G. (2015). Dosage Form Data Used for Estimating Pediatric Antibiotic Use. Scientia Pharmaceutica, 83(3), 511-518. https://doi.org/10.3797/scipharm.1411-05

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