Temporal Association between Influenza Vaccination Coverage and Ambulatory Antibiotic Use in Children
Mariam Younas, Julie A. Royer, Hana R. Winders, Sharon Weissman, P. Brandon Bookstaver, Julie Ann Justo, Katie S. Waites, Linda Bell, Majdi N. Al‐Hasan
Abstract
In this population-based retrospective cohort study, increased influenza vaccination coverage was temporally associated with a reduction in ambulatory antibiotic use in children. After adjustment for yearly vaccine effectiveness, antibiotic prescription rate declined by 3/1000 person-months for each 1% increase in influenza vaccination coverage between 2012 and 2017 in South Carolina (P < 0.001).
Topics & Concepts
AmbulatoryMedicineVaccinationMedical prescriptionRetrospective cohort studyAntibioticsPediatricsPopulationLive attenuated influenza vaccineInfluenza vaccineInternal medicineImmunologyEnvironmental healthBiologyMicrobiologyPharmacologyInfluenza Virus Research StudiesPneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsRespiratory viral infections research