Antibiotics - All prescribers - For a Healthy Belgium

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PRESCRIBERS
Main prescribers: General practitioners	66.65%
INSURED CONSUMERS
% of insured consumers	32.66%
Median age	45 years
Max/min ratio of the median age (by district)	1.09
Percentage of women	57.18%
Ratio Preferential scheme/General scheme	1.13
Coefficient of variation (2022)	11.61
Max/min ratio of % of insured consumers (by district)	1.52
CONSUMPTION
Annual consumption (DDD)	75,999,801
Consumption of DDD (per 100,000 insured persons)	660,356.77
% DDD issued outside the insurance (approximate)	10.28%
Average annual consumption per insured consumer (DDD)	20.22
% of insured consumers with > 3 times the average consumption	4,18%
Coefficient of variation 2013-2015	8.63
Coefficient of variation 2020-2022	9.39
Trend 2013-2022	-3.23%
Trend 2013-2019	-3.21%
Trend 2019-2022	-3.27%
DIRECT EXPENDITURE (DDD)
Annual expenditure charged to the insurance	57,825,901€
Average annual expenditure per insured person	5.02 €
Average patient share per insured consumer	38.35%
Max/min ratio of expenditure per insured person (by disctrict)	1.65
% “Low-cost” medication	81.00%
Trend 2013-2022	-7.78%
Trend 2019-2022	-2.97%

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CODES (ATC-5)	LABELS
J01AA	TETRACYCLINES
J01BA	AMPHENICOLS
J01CA	PENICILLINS WITH EXTENDED SPECTRUM
J01CE	BETA-LACTAMASE SENSITIVE PENICILLINS
J01CF	BETA-LACTAMASE RESISTANT PENICILLINS
J01CR	COMBINATIONS OF PENICILLINS, INCL. BETA-LACTAMASE INHIBITORS
J01DB	FIRST-GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS
J01DC	SECOND-GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS
J01DD	THIRD-GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS
J01DH	CARBAPENEMS
J01EE	COMBINATIONS OF SULFONAMIDES AND TRIMETHOPRIM, INCL. DERIVATIVES
J01FA	MACROLIDES
J01FF	LINCOSAMIDES
J01GB	OTHER AMINOGLYCOSIDES
J01MA	FLUOROQUINOLONES
J01XA	GLYCOPEPTIDE ANTIBACTERIALS
J01XB	POLYMYXINS
J01XE	NITROFURAN DERIVATIVES
J01XX	OTHER ANTIBACTERIALS