Pharmacoepidemiology of Antibiotic Prescribing Among 135,000 Adult Outpatient Encounters in Northeast Ohio

BACKGROUND: Nearly 154 million ambulatory visits in the United States result in an outpatient antibiotic prescription (OAP) annually, 30% of which are unnecessary. Remaining prescriptions may benefit from improved antibiotic selection. At our institution, a quarterly OAP report associated with 4 com...

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Published in:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Athans, Vasilios, Neuner, Elizabeth, Curtis, Robert, Borkowski, Raymond, Deyling, Cynthia, Gordon, Steven, Fraser, Thomas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630748/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1315
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