Characteristics and limitations of national antimicrobial surveillance according to sales and claims data.

<h4>Purpose</h4>Antimicrobial use (AMU) is estimated at the national level by using sales data (S-AMU) or insurance claims data (C-AMU). However, these data might be biased by generic drugs that are not sold through wholesalers (direct sales) and therefore not recorded in sales databases...

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Main Authors: Yoshiki Kusama, Yuichi Muraki, Chika Tanaka, Ryuji Koizumi, Masahiro Ishikane, Daisuke Yamasaki, Masaki Tanabe, Norio Ohmagari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251299