Volume 9, Number 4, April 2003

Antimicrobial-Drug Prescription in Ambulatory Care Settings, United States, 1992–2000

Linda F. McCaig,* Richard E. Besser,* and James M. Hughes*
*National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hyattsville, Maryland, USA; and *National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Figure 6. Trends in increasing annual antimicrobial prescribing rates by drug class-United States, 1992-2000. Note: trend for amoxicillin/clavulanate, p<0.001; for quinolones among persons >15 years, p<0.001; for azithromycin and clarithromycin among all ages, p<0.001.

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