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The Effect of Universal Influenza Immunization on Antibiotic Prescriptions: An Ecological Study

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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 49, Issue 5, Pages 750-756

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/605087

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  1. Canadian Institutes of Health Research [XIN 82408]
  2. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
  3. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  4. University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine Research

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The Canadian province of Ontario introduced universal influenza immunization in 2000, offering free vaccines to the entire population. We compared changes in rates of influenza-associated respiratory antibiotic prescriptions before and after universal immunization in Ontario with corresponding changes in other provinces. Universal influenza immunization is associated with reduced influenza-associated antibiotic prescriptions.

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