Impact of Antibiotic Administrative Restrictions on Trends in Antibiotic Resistance
- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 97 (2) , 126-131
Abstract
In March 2001, in response to concerns about increasing resistance to fluoroquinolone (FQ) antibiotics, the Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) program limited reimbursement of FQs to ODB beneficiaries defined as high risk or in whom other therapies are not tolerated.Keywords
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