Trends in Primary Care Antibiotic Prescribing in Türkiye, 2011–2019

Aggregated prescription data covering 1.17 billion family-physician prescriptions in Türkiye from 2011 to 2019. The dataset, authored by Hakkı Öztürk and shared on figshare, tracks outcomes like the proportion of prescriptions containing antibiotics and consumption in Defined Daily Doses per 1,000 inhabitants per day. It was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in antibiotic consumption based on aggregated national prescription data.
• Evaluating the impact of stewardship policies like the 2016 prescription-only dispensing rule using segmented regression analysis.
• Studying prescribing patterns by age, sex, and diagnosis categories mentioned in the description.
• Assessing antibiotic use by ATC-3 class and WHO AWaRe category to monitor guideline adherence.

Strengths

• Covers a nine-year time span (2011–2019) across a nationwide population.
• Based on 1.17 billion prescriptions from the national Prescription Information System.
• Includes multiple outcome measures: prescription rates, consumption in DID, and cost shares.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, requiring manual inspection after download.
• Excludes over-the-counter antibiotic sales, which were legal until 2016, potentially underrepresenting total consumption.
• The dataset file is 37.1 KB, indicating a highly aggregated or summary-level dataset with limited granularity.

Provenance

Source

Prescription Information System (RBS) of Türkiye.

Collection Method

Nationwide descriptive analysis of aggregated e-prescription data.

Time Range

2011–2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 06:03:22; data covers the period up to 2019.

Geography

Türkiye (nationwide)