Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing in US Ambulatory Care Settings, 2010–2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Clin Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Hersh, Adam L. ; King, Laura M. ; Shapiro, Daniel J. ; Hicks, Lauri A. ; Fleming-Dutra, Katherine E.
• Description:
  The proportion of antibiotic prescriptions prescribed in US physician offices and emergency departments that were unnecessary decreased slightly, from 30% in 2010-2011 to 28% in 2014-2015. However, a greater decrease occurred in children: 32% in 2010-2011 to 19% in 2014-2015. Unnecessary prescribing in adults did not change during this period.
• Subjects:
  Adult Ambulatory Care Anti-Bacterial Agents Antibiotic Antimicrobial Stewardship Article Child Drug Prescriptions Emergency Service, Hospital Humans Inappropriate Prescribing Outpatients Practice Patterns, Physicians' Prescriptions

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• Source:
  Clin Infect Dis. 72(1):133-137
• Pubmed ID:
  32484505
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9377284
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  72
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:35f87730259bf25ff1edcba08426611f90b5c83390d145634f2695f8a6a8547e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/120299/cdc_120299_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 320.13 KB ]