Influence of provider and urgent care density across different socioeconomic strata on outpatient antibiotic prescribing in the USA | Zendy

Eili Klein | Zendy; Michael D. Makowsky | Zendy; Megan S. Orlando | Zendy; Erez Hatna | Zendy; Nikolay Braykov | Zendy; Ramanan Laxminarayan | Zendy

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Influence of provider and urgent care density across different socioeconomic strata on outpatient antibiotic prescribing in the USA

Author(s) -

Eili Klein,

Michael D. Makowsky,

Megan S. Orlando,

Erez Hatna,

Nikolay Braykov,

Ramanan Laxminarayan

Publication year - 2015

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/dku563

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , per capita , medical prescription , medicine , poverty , environmental health , consumption (sociology) , health care , pharmacy , demography , family medicine , population , economic growth , nursing , social science , sociology , economics

Despite a strong link between antibiotic use and resistance, and highly variable antibiotic consumption rates across the USA, drivers of differences in consumption rates are not fully understood. The objective of this study was to examine how provider density affects antibiotic prescribing rates across socioeconomic groups in the USA.

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