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Prevalence and Predictors of Antibiotic Use in Community-Based Elderly in Ontario, Canada
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
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Little is known about antibiotic use in the elderly receiving home care. We found that 6,873 (5.4%) of 126,339 home care patients in Ontario received antibiotic treatment; 26% of the antibiotics administered were fluoroquinolones. Antibiotic treatment was most frequent in patients less than 65 years of age and among those with a poorer health status.
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