Clinical Indications for Antibiotic Dispensing by Age Group

A dataset of 485 records detailing clinical indications for antibiotic dispensing, categorized by patient age group. The data is provided by Eleanor Turnbull-Jones in an XLS file and was last updated in May 2026. The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Analyze age-specific patterns in antibiotic prescribing based on clinical indications.
• Study the distribution of common infections requiring antibiotic treatment across different age groups.
• Benchmark prescribing practices against clinical guidelines using indication data.

Strengths

• Contains 485 records of antibiotic dispensing events.
• Explicitly includes age group categorization as a key variable.
• Has a clear open license (CC-BY-4.0).

Limitations

• Dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Eleanor Turnbull-Jones via figshare.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 17:26:49; freshness should be verified.