A modified method for measuring antibiotic use in healthcare settings: implications for antibiotic stewardship and benchmarking | Zendy

Mamoon A. Aldeyab | Zendy; James C. McElnay | Zendy; Michael Scott | Zendy; William J. Lattyak | Zendy; Feras Darwish Elhajji | Zendy; Motasem Aldiab | Zendy; Fidelma A. Magee | Zendy; Geraldine Conlon | Zendy; Mary P. Kearney | Zendy

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A modified method for measuring antibiotic use in healthcare settings: implications for antibiotic stewardship and benchmarking

Author(s) -

Mamoon A. Aldeyab,

James C. McElnay,

Michael Scott,

William J. Lattyak,

Feras Darwish Elhajji,

Motasem Aldiab,

Fidelma A. Magee,

Geraldine Conlon,

Mary P. Kearney

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/dkt458

Subject(s) - comorbidity , medicine , antibiotics , antimicrobial stewardship , defined daily dose , emergency medicine , demography , pediatrics , medical prescription , antibiotic resistance , biology , sociology , microbiology and biotechnology , pharmacology

To determine whether adjusting the denominator of the common hospital antibiotic use measurement unit (defined daily doses/100 bed-days) by including age-adjusted comorbidity score (100 bed-days/age-adjusted comorbidity score) would result in more accurate and meaningful assessment of hospital antibiotic use.

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