Page 1/19 Drug-utilisation Proヲles and COVID-19: Retrospective Cohort Study in Italy Valentina Orlando ( valentina.orlando@unina.it ) CIRFF, Center of Drug Utilization and Pharmacoeconomics, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, 80131, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8209-8878 Enrico Coscioni Division of Cardiac Surgery, AOU San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona, Salerno, 84131, Italy Ilaria Guarino CIRFF, Center of Drug Utilization and Pharmacoeconomics, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, 80131, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8408-371X Sara Mucherino CIRFF, Center of Drug Utilization and Pharmacoeconomics, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, 80131, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3357-5655 Alessandro Perrella Infectious Disease of Healthcare Direction, AORN Antonio Cardarelli, Naples, 80131, Italy Ugo Trama Regional Pharmaceutical Unit, Campania Region, Naples, 80143, Italy Giuseppe Limongelli Department of Translational Medical Science, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, 80131, Italy Enrica Menditto ( enrica.menditto@unina.it ) CIRFF, Center of Drug Utilization and Pharmacoeconomics, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, 80131, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8633-5650 Research Article Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-Cov-2, Drug-utilisation study, Real-world data, Drug use DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-31829/v1 License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Read Full License