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Indication for use

DHAIHALT05
Indication for antimicrobial use in long-term care facilities in EU/EEA, selected LTCF types, HALT point prevalence survey, 2016-2017 (n=5344 prescriptions)
LTCF: long-term care facility.
Selected LTCF types: Only general nursing homes, residential homes and mixed LTCFs.
* Poor or very poor national representativeness of LTCF sample
Data from the ECDC-HALT point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in long-term care facilities in 2016-2017 as reported to TESSy.