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Variability in antibiotic use across Ontario acute care hospitals

Author(s) -

Charlie Tan,

Marian J. Vermeulen,

Xuesong Wang,

Rosemary Zvonar,

Gary Garber,

Nick Daneman

Publication year - 2016

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/dkw454

Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , antimicrobial stewardship , ciprofloxacin , acute care , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , antibiotic resistance , health care , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , economic growth

Antibiotic stewardship is a required organizational practice for Canadian acute care hospitals, yet data are scarce regarding the quantity and composition of antibiotic use across facilities. We sought to examine the variability, and risk-adjusted variability, in antibiotic use across acute care hospitals in Ontario, Canada's most populous province.

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