Antibiotic use in children with asthma: cohort study in UK and Dutch primary care databases

OBJECTIVES: To compare the rate, indications and type of antibiotic prescriptions in children with and without asthma. DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Two population-based primary care databases: Integrated Primary Care Information database (IPCI; the Netherlands) and The Health Improvement Network (THIN; the UK). PARTICIPANTS: Children aged 5-18 years were included from January 2000 to December 2014. A child was categorised as having asthma if there were ≥2 prescriptions of respiratory drugs in the year following a code for asthma. Children were labelled as non-asthmatic if no... Mehr ...