Antibiotic use in older Australians with and without dementia in primary care.

Background Antibiotics are commonly prescribed in older community-dwelling adults, contributing to adverse effects, antimicrobial resistance and increased healthcare costs. Prescribing patterns in dementia are unclear, although healthcare use and goals of care change around diagnosis. Objective To d...

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Published in:	Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 1 - 12
Main Authors:	Burvenich, Ruben, Broder, Jonathan C, Wang, Yiqing, Verbakel, Jan Y, Ryan, Joanne, Orchard, Suzanne G, Wolfe, Rory, Ernst, Erika J, Ernst, Michael E, Nelson, Mark R
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Feb2026
Subjects:	Australia Primary health care Sex distribution Hypertension Case-control method Psychological tests Alcohol drinking Mental depression Old age Diagnosis of dementia Antibiotics Risk assessment Mathematical variables Tetracyclines Hyperlipidemia Family medicine Medical prescriptions Research funding Statistical sampling Multiple regression analysis Antimicrobial stewardship Beta lactam antibiotics Frail elderly Disease prevalence Trend analysis Polypharmacy Time series analysis Descriptive statistics Intravenous therapy Longitudinal method Quinolone antibacterial agents Neuropsychological tests Medical records Acquisition of data Research Physician practice patterns Comparative studies Data analysis software Confidence intervals Drug prescribing Aminoglycosides Dementia patients Drug utilization Penicillin
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