ARTICLE
Vol 136 No 1571: 10 March 2023
Longitudinal trends in community antibiotic consumption in the Waitaha Canterbury Region of Aotearoa New Zealand over 10 years (2012–2021): an observational study
Nienke N Hagedoorn, Ibrahim Al-Busaidi, Paul Bridgford, Sharon J Gardiner, Tony Walls, Ben Hudson
In Aotearoa New Zealand, community care accounts for up to 95% of antibiotic dispensing. Compared to other high-income countries, dispensing rates in Aotearoa New Zealand were the fourth highest, exceeded only by Greece, Italy and Korea in 2019.