英文摘要 |
Inappropriate use of antibiotic for treatment of upper respiratory tract infections (URI) can lead to bacterial resistance. The Bureau of National Health Insurance (NHI) has prohibited inappropriate antibiotic use in URI patients since 2001. We conducted a research to understand the physicians, compliance to the regulation of NHI and analyzed the outcome of our intervention by education, monitoring antibiotics consumption and feedback. We focused on patients’ diagnosis with ICD-9 numbers of 460, 465.8, 465.9, 487.1 and 487.8 in our out-patient department (OPD) between January 2004 and December 2007. We surveyed the prescription rate of antibiotics for URI in OPDs of pediatric, pulmonary medicine, ENT, general medicine and family medicine departments and save feedback of the results of surveillance quarterly. We found the antibiotic prescription rates for URI in OPD patients declined significantly (12.8% to 7.7%, P<0.01). Physicians tended to prescribe broad-spectrum antibiotics in recent 2 years of our survey. Surveillance and feedback have efficient outcome on control antibiotic use in OPD. However, physicians did not follow the regulation of NHI completely. Therefore, stronger restrictions and implements should be considered to improve antibiotics policy of prescription for patients with URI. |