Acute respiratory tract infections management in private primary healthcare in Singapore
Antibiotic use is medically unnecessary for most acute respiratory infections (ARIs), which are mostly viral aetiology and self-limiting in nature. Despite this, high rates of antibiotic use in the treatment of ARI persist, particularly in primary care where most ARI cases are managed.1 In Singapor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Academy of Medicine Singapore
2025-04-01
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| Series: | Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore |
| Online Access: | https://annals.edu.sg/acute-respiratory-tract-infections-management-in-private-primary-healthcare-in-singapore/ |
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| Summary: | Antibiotic use is medically unnecessary for most acute respiratory infections (ARIs), which are mostly viral aetiology and self-limiting in nature. Despite this, high rates of antibiotic use in the treatment of ARI persist, particularly in primary care where most ARI cases are managed.1 In Singapore, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and its control is a national priority.2 While we have a good conceptual understanding of knowledge and attitudes to antibiotic prescribing in Singapore, in both patients and doctors,3,4 and of actual antibiotic use in public primary care clinics through retrospective surveys,5 data are lacking on antibiotic use and its correlates in the private sector where 80% of primary care physicians practice.6 To address this gap, we performed a multicentre, physician-led, prospective observational study based on the HAPPY AUDIT protocol.7 Studies of prescribing practices using this audit methodology have been an integral part of antibiotic stewardship in other countries.8 |
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| ISSN: | 2972-4066 |