Antibiotic prescribing for adults in ambulatory care in the USA, 2007–09
Author(s) -
Daniel J. Shapiro,
Lauri A. Hicks,
Andrew T. Pavia,
Adam L. Hersh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkt301
Subject(s) - antibiotics , ambulatory , medicine , broad spectrum , intensive care medicine , antibacterial agent , medical prescription , pediatrics , pharmacology , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , biology
To determine patterns of ambulatory antibiotic prescribing in US adults, including the use of broad-spectrum versus narrow-spectrum agents, to provide a description of the diagnoses for which antibiotics are prescribed and to identify patient and physician factors associated with broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing.
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