The proposed Drug Resistance Index (DRI) is not a good measure of antibiotic effectiveness in relation to drug resistance

BMJ Global Health Vol.4 (2019 no.4 The Drug Resistance Index (DRI) is proposed as measure of antibiotic effectiveness in a given country, by combining, in a single metric the use of various antibiotic groups and the resistance proportions of several pathogens.It is a complicated measure that gives results that cannot be understood by common knowledge and logic. The DRI conveys a wrong message.