Trends in antibiotic dispensing for children in Belgian ambulatory care: Time series analysis before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Description

The full R code for data visualisation (ggplot2 package) and ARIMA modelling (forecast package), including (P)ACF plots, decomposition plots, and residual plots. This code and plots are linked to the article with reference Dillen H, Van de Velde A, Withofs C, et al. Trends in antibiotic dispensing for children in Belgian ambulatory care: time series analysis before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. JAC Antimicrob Resist. 2025;7(4). DOI: 10.1093/jacamr/dlaf135. The code can be used to perform similar research on time series.

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Tags

  • antimicrobial-stewardship
  • prescriptions
  • ambulatory-care
  • anti-bacterial-agents
  • belgium
  • child
  • respiratory-tract-infections
  • outpatients
  • general-practitioners
  • drug-utilization
  • pharmacy
  • covid-19
  • health-expenditures
  • pandemics

Topics

  • HEAL
  • TECH

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