Design:

drug utilization study, descriptive and transversal of diagnosis-prescription with the following criteria:

therapeutic schedule

facts determining the prescription

Development:

1^st, Period second half of January

2^nd. Period first half of August

Sample:

Including Criteria:

All patients with antibiotic prescriptions going to buy the drug in selected pharmacies.

Excluding Criteria:

All patients with prescriptions of natural medicine, antifungals, drugs for TB, topical antibiotics.

Endpoints:

1. Diagnosis leading to antibiotic prescription
2. Type of antibiotic
3. Type of specialty of the physician which prescribes the drug.
4. Place where the drug was prescribed.
5. Availability of antibiotics
6. Evaluation of antibiotic indication.