Municipal Antibiotic Sales in São Paulo State 2008-2012

Data covers oral antibiotic sales in the private sector across 645 municipalities in São Paulo State, Brazil, from 2008 to 2012. The study analyzes consumption levels in defined daily doses per 1,000 inhabitants per day (DID) and their association with socioeconomic determinants. It was created by Breno S. Kliemann to evaluate the impact of a 2010 law restricting over-the-counter antibiotic sales.

Use Cases

• Analyze the association between antibiotic consumption levels and municipality-level socioeconomic determinants like human development index and percentage of urban population.
• Model the effect of the 2010 law on over-the-counter sales by comparing predicted versus observed consumption levels for 2011 and 2012.
• Investigate correlations between the law's impact strength and demographic variables such as the percentage of females in a municipality.
• Study trends in defined daily doses per 1,000 inhabitants per day (DID) across 645 municipalities from 2008 to 2012.

Strengths

• Data spans a 5-year period (2008-2012) covering a major policy change in 2010.
• Analysis is conducted at the municipality level across all 645 municipalities in São Paulo State.
• Includes concrete consumption metrics like defined daily doses per 1,000 inhabitants per day (DID), with values ranging from 8.06 to 9.95 DID.

Limitations

• The dataset's underlying structure, including row count, column names, and file formats, is unknown.
• Data is temporally limited, ending in 2012, and may not reflect recent consumption patterns.
• Findings are specific to the private sector in one Brazilian state, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Dryad

Collection Method

Pooled data on all oral antibiotic sales in the private sector from municipalities; socioeconomic data from a nationwide census.

Time Range

2008 to 2012

Freshness

Last updated 2020-06-24.

Geography

Municipalities within São Paulo State, Brazil