Consumption of antibiotics in Chinese public general tertiary hospitals (2011-2014): Trends, pattern changes and regional differences

Xiaoyuan Qu; Chang Yin; Xihong Sun; Shusheng Huang; Chaofan Li; Panpan Dong; Xiufang Lu; Zhuo Zhang; Aitian Yin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0196668

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Consumption of antibiotics in Chinese public general tertiary hospitals (2011-2014): Trends, pattern changes and regional differences

Xiaoyuan Qu,

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Health Care Management, Key Laboratory of Health Economics and Policy Research, NHFPS, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Chang Yin,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Information Center, National Institute of Hospital Administration, Beijing, China
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Xihong Sun,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation School of Health Care Management, Key Laboratory of Health Economics and Policy Research, NHFPS, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Shusheng Huang,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation School of Health Care Management, Key Laboratory of Health Economics and Policy Research, NHFPS, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Chaofan Li,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation School of Health Care Management, Key Laboratory of Health Economics and Policy Research, NHFPS, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Panpan Dong,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation School of Health Care Management, Key Laboratory of Health Economics and Policy Research, NHFPS, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Xiufang Lu,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation School of Health Care Management, Key Laboratory of Health Economics and Policy Research, NHFPS, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Zhuo Zhang,

Roles Software

Affiliation School of Health Care Management, Key Laboratory of Health Economics and Policy Research, NHFPS, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Aitian Yin

Roles Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: yaitian@sdu.edu.cn

Affiliation School of Health Care Management, Key Laboratory of Health Economics and Policy Research, NHFPS, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8046-0936

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Consumption of antibiotics in Chinese public general tertiary hospitals (2011-2014): Trends, pattern changes and regional differences

Xiaoyuan Qu,
Chang Yin,
Xihong Sun,
Shusheng Huang,
Chaofan Li,
Panpan Dong,
Xiufang Lu,
Zhuo Zhang,
Aitian Yin

Published: May 3, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196668

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