Trends of antibiotic use at the end-of-life of cancer and non-cancer decedents: a nationwide population-based longitudinal study (2006–2018)
Nak-Hyun Kim,
Kyungdo Han,
Eunjeong Ji
et al.
Abstract:Objective:
This study aimed to assess the actual burden of antibiotic use among end-of-life (EOL) patients in South Korea and to compare trends between cancer and non-cancer decedents.
Design:
Population-based mortality follow-back study.
Setting:
Data from the Korean National Health Insurance Database, covering the period from January1, 2006, to December 31, 2018, provided for research by the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), were used.
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