Landscape of national antibiotic utilisation in Malaysia: an analysis of national pharmaceutical sales data from 2019 to 2023
Audrey Huili Lim, Norazida Ab Rahman, Siti Nur Su'Aidah Nasarudin, Abdul Haniff Mohamad Yahaya, Mardhiyah Kamal, Marziaty Shazreena Mohd Shah, Nurul Hidayah Awang, Benedict Lim Heng Sim, Suresh Kumar Chidambaram, Sheamini Sivasampu, Peter Seah Keng Tok · 2026
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Audrey Huili Lim is first author on a 2026 analysis of national antibiotic use in Malaysia from twenty nineteen to twenty twenty-three. Tracking national use helps target stewardship, efforts to use antibiotics wisely, amid resistance concerns. The authors used national pharmaceutical sales data and standard daily dose measures, sorting antibiotics into the World Health Organization Access, Watch, and Reserve groups.
Two thirds of use came from primary care, and private sector use exceeded public sector use in both clinics and hospitals. Overall use and spending were broadly flat over the period. Access antibiotics, the preferred first-line group, made up fifty-six percent of use, short of the sixty percent world target, with the weakest share in private hospitals. Stewardship should target those settings, the authors say.
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| CREATOR | Audrey Huili Lim, Norazida Ab Rahman, Siti Nur Su'Aidah Nasarudin, Abdul Haniff Mohamad Yahaya, Mardhiyah Kamal, Marziaty Shazreena Mohd Shah, Nurul Hidayah Awang, Benedict Lim Heng Sim, Suresh Kumar Chidambaram, Sheamini Sivasampu, Peter Seah Keng Tok |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |