Does shared decision-making reduce antibiotic prescribing in primary care? | Zendy

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Does shared decision-making reduce antibiotic prescribing in primary care?

Author(s) -

T.E.M. van Esch,

A. Brabers,

Karin Hek,

Liset van Dijk,

Robert Verheij,

J.D. de Jong

Publication year - 2018

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/dky321

Subject(s) - primary care , medicine , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , family medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Increasing antibiotic resistance is recognized as a major threat to global health and is related to antibiotic prescription rates in primary care. Shared decision-making (SDM), the process in which patients and doctors participate together in making decisions, is argued to possibly promote more appropriate use of antibiotics and reduce prescribing. However, it is unknown whether in practice fewer antibiotics are prescribed where more SDM takes place.

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