Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Among United States Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants | Zendy

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Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Among United States Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

Author(s) -

Guillermo V. Sanchez,

Adam L. Hersh,

Daniel J. Shapiro,

James F. Cawley,

Lauri A. Hicks

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofw168

Subject(s) - medicine , nurse practitioners , family medicine , physician assistants , nursing , health care , economics , economic growth

We examined US nurse practitioner (NP) and physician assistant (PA) outpatient antibiotic prescribing. Antibiotics were more frequently prescribed during visits involving NP/PA visits compared with physician-only visits, including overall visits (17% vs 12%, P < .0001) and acute respiratory infection visits (61% vs 54%, P < .001). Antibiotic stewardship interventions should target NPs and PAs.

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