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Prevalence and Predictors of Antibiotic Use in Community-Based Elderly in Ontario, Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dominik Mertz ,
Erin Y. Tjam ,
Jeff Poss ,
John P. Hirdes ,
Bruce Arai ,
Jennie Johnstone ,
Micaela Jantzi  and
Mark Loeb
Dominik Mertz
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; and Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Erin Y. Tjam
Affiliation:
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Department of Research, St. Mary's General Hospital, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; and Research Network, St. Joseph's Health System, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Jeff Poss
Affiliation:
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
John P. Hirdes
Affiliation:
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Homewood Research Institute, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Bruce Arai
Affiliation:
Laurier Brantford, Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Jennie Johnstone
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; and Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Micaela Jantzi
Affiliation:
Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Mark Loeb*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; and Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
*
Departments of Pathology and Molecular Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, MDCL 3203, 1200 Main Street W, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada ([email protected])
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Little is known about antibiotic use in the elderly receiving home care. We found that 6,873 (5.4%) of 126,339 home care patients in Ontario received antibiotic treatment; 26% of the antibiotics administered were fluoroquinolones. Antibiotic treatment was most frequent in patients less than 65 years of age and among those with a poorer health status.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 7 , July 2011 , pp. 710 - 713
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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