Wattles Bethany A, Smith Michael J, Feygin Yana, Jawad Kahir, Flinchum Andrea, Corley Brittany, Spicer Kevin B
Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center and Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Aug 16;11(16):2307. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11162307.
Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing to pediatric Medicaid patients was compared among high-volume and non-high-volume prescribers. High-volume prescribers had a higher percentage of inappropriate prescriptions than non-high-volume prescribers (17.2% versus 15.8%, = 0.005). Targeting high-volume prescribers for stewardship efforts is a practical approach to reducing outpatient antibiotic prescribing that also captures inappropriate use.
对大量和少量开处方者针对儿科医疗补助患者不恰当使用抗生素的情况进行了比较。大量开处方者开出的不恰当处方比例高于少量开处方者(分别为17.2%和15.8%,P = 0.005)。将大量开处方者作为管理工作的目标是减少门诊抗生素处方的一种切实可行的方法,这也能发现不恰当的使用情况。