Drivers of Geographic Patterns in Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing in the United States

In a retrospective, ecological analysis of US medical claims, visit rates explained more of the geographic variation in outpatient antibiotic prescribing rates than per-visit prescribing. Efforts to reduce antibiotic use may benefit from addressing the factors that drive higher rates of outpatient v...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2024-08, Vol.79 (2), p.325-328
Main Authors: Kissler, Stephen M, Oliveira Roster, Kirstin I, Petherbridge, Rachel, Mehrotra, Ateev, Barnett, Michael L, Grad, Yonatan H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambulatory Care - statistics & numerical data
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Antimicrobial Stewardship - statistics & numerical data
Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Outpatients - statistics & numerical data
Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data
Retrospective Studies
United States
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Summary:In a retrospective, ecological analysis of US medical claims, visit rates explained more of the geographic variation in outpatient antibiotic prescribing rates than per-visit prescribing. Efforts to reduce antibiotic use may benefit from addressing the factors that drive higher rates of outpatient visits, in addition to continued focus on stewardship.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/ciae111