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KMID : 1002520190130040121
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Korean Journal of Health Service Management
2019 Volume.13 No. 4 p.121 ~ p.132
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Prescription Characteristics of Antibiotics for Clinical Subjects of Acute Respiratory Infection Outpatients -Using National Health Insurance Big Data-
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Gong Mi-Jin
Hwang Byung-Deog
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study analyzed the prescription antibiotics characteristics of Acute respiratory infection outpatients. It provides a basis for establishing the correct evaluation project on appropriate prescribing indicators.
Methods: The research data were collected from the National Health Insurance Corporation's 2014 sample cohort for Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Otorhinolaryngology, Family Medicine and General practitioner clinics classification of diseases codes J00-J06, J20-J22, J40 outpatients.
Results: The antibiotic prescription rate on the evaluation project for appropriate prescribing indicators of Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service was 43.54%, whereas in this study it was about 10% higher because the analysis targeted the entire acute respiratory infection diagnosis.
Conclusions: There is a need to identify the correct antibiotic prescription by expanding the current assessment standard. Such standard must include acute lower respiratory infections and minor diagnosis because current evaluation projects on appropriate prescribing indicators targets only the major diagnosis of acute upper respiratory infection.
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KEYWORD
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Acute Respiratory Infection, Common Cold, Prescription rate of Antibiotic
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