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Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
Prescribing antibiotics to preschool children in primary health care in Croatia
Collegium Antropologicum, 32 (2008), 1; 125-130. urn:nbn:hr:105:187520
Stojanović-Špehar, Stanislava; Blažeković-Milaković, Sanja; Bergman-Marković, Biserka; Vrca-Botica, Marija; Matijašević, Ivana

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Stojanović Špehar, S., Blažeković Milaković, S., Bergman Marković, B., Vrca Botica, M. & Matijašević, I. (2008). Prescribing antibiotics to preschool children in primary health care in Croatia. Collegium Antropologicum, 32. (1), 125-130. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:187520

Stojanović Špehar, Stanislava, et al. "Prescribing antibiotics to preschool children in primary health care in Croatia." Collegium Antropologicum, vol. 32, no. 1, 2008, pp. 125-130. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:187520

Stojanović Špehar, Stanislava, Sanja Blažeković Milaković, Biserka Bergman Marković, Marija Vrca Botica and Ivana Matijašević. "Prescribing antibiotics to preschool children in primary health care in Croatia." Collegium Antropologicum 32, no. 1 (2008): 125-130. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:187520

Stojanović Špehar, S., et al. (2008) 'Prescribing antibiotics to preschool children in primary health care in Croatia', Collegium Antropologicum, 32(1), pp. 125-130. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:187520 (Accessed 07 October 2024)

Stojanović Špehar S, Blažeković Milaković S, Bergman Marković B, Vrca Botica M, Matijašević I. Prescribing antibiotics to preschool children in primary health care in Croatia. Collegium Antropologicum [Internet]. 2008 March [cited 2024 October 07];32(1):125-130. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:187520

S. Stojanović Špehar, S. Blažeković Milaković, B. Bergman Marković, M. Vrca Botica and I. Matijašević, "Prescribing antibiotics to preschool children in primary health care in Croatia", Collegium Antropologicum, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 125-130, March 2008. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:187520. [Accessed: 07 October 2024]

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Title (english)Prescribing antibiotics to preschool children in primary health care in Croatia
AuthorStanislava Stojanović-Špehar
AuthorSanja Blažeković-Milaković
AuthorBiserka Bergman-Marković
AuthorMarija Vrca-Botica
AuthorIvana Matijašević
Author's institutionUniversity of Zagreb
School of Medicine
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Clinical Medical Sciences
Abstract (english)
The use of antibiotics depends on cultural and socioeconomic factors, physician's characteristics as well as on microbiological considerations. Aim of our study was to asses antibiotic prescription among preschool children in primary health care in Croatia in relation to socioeconomic factors, symptoms and diagnoses, and type of health care provider. Retrospective longitudinal survey was conducted in 7 teaching primary health care offices in the Croatian capital of Zagreb during 2004, among 1700 preschool children. Antibiotics were prescribed to 611 (46%) children. Significantly more antibiotics were prescribed to boys (66.7%, P = 0.024) and to children whose parents had lower educational level. Most frequently antibiotics were prescribed for the symptoms such as fever (32%), cough (32.5%), nasal discharge (12%), and for the diagnoses such as respiratory diseases (J00-J99) (40%), infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A99) (31%), and diseases of the middle ear and mastoid (H60-H95) (15%). Logistic regression analyses also predicted correlation of antibiotic prescriptions with socioeconomic factors, symptoms and diagnoses and health care of pediatrician. Prescription of antibiotics for preschool children in primary health care in Croatia related to socioeconomic factors, type of health care provider, certain symptoms and diagnosis groups which should be taken into account when assessing and planning primary health care for preschool children.
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Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
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Journal titleCollegium Antropologicum
Numberingvol. 32, no. 1, pp. 125-130
p-ISSN0350-6134
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:105:187520
Publication2008-03
Document URLhttps://hrcak.srce.hr/22825
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