Consumption of antibiotics measured from sales in drugstores in Santiago de Cali, Colombia

Abstract

Introduction : antibiotics are drugs used in inpatient and outpatient care: however, the latter type of patients is the one more likely to irrationally use these drugs. Objective : to determine the total consumption of a group of antibiotics by communes in Santiago de Cali from 2010 to 2013. Methods : the sample size was calculated and sales information was collected from a group of drugstores. The Defined Daily Dose per 1000 inhabitant-days was used, estimating the total consumption and the consumption of each antibiotic for each commune and in various time units. In this way, monthly consumption from 2010 to 2013, weighted annual consumption from 2010 to 2013, weighted consumption of each month of the year and weighed consumption per commune. Results : the total consumption of antibiotics was 4.3 Defined Daily Dose per 1000 inhabitant-days, the most consumed antibiotic was amoxicillin, the month with highest consumption rate was March 2011, the year of highest consumption was 2011, the month of the year with the highest consumption in the three studied years was December and the commune with the highest consumption was the no. 22. Conclusions : this study identified the total consumption and the consumption per antibiotics, the months of the year and the communes of highest consumption of antibiotics. © 2016, Editorial Ciencias Medicas. All rights reserved.