DARWIN EU® - Drug Utilisation Study on Antibiotics in the ‘Watch’ category of the WHO AWaRe classification of antibiotics for evaluation and monitoring of use

Study type

• Study topic:
  Herbal medicinal product
• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Scope of the study:
  Drug utilisation
• Data collection methods:
  Secondary use of data

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Cohort

Study drug and medical condition

• Name of medicine, other:
  All antibiotics on the WHO AWaRe watch category 2023

Population studied

• Short description of the study population:
  The study domain includes all persons present in the data sources in the study period: 01/01/2012 to 31/12/2024 (or the latest available date) with at least 365 days observation time. This will be used as the denominator population for calculating incidence rates.

Study design details

• Main study objective:
  1. To investigate the incidence of use of antibiotics (from the WHO AWaRe Watch category) stratified by age, sex, calendar year/month, and antibiotics class during the study period 2012-2024.; 2. To characterise antibiotic (WHO AWaRe Watch category 2023) use by duration of use over the study period 2012 to 2024 stratified by calendar year and by antibiotics class.; 3. To characterise antibiotic use (WHO AWaRe Watch category 2023) by indication of use over the period 2012 to 2024 stratified by calendar year and by antibiotics class.;