Impact of an antibiotic stewardship initiative on urgent-care respiratory prescribing across patient race, ethnicity, and language.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 45(4): 530-533, 2024 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38073559
ABSTRACT
We conducted a post hoc analysis of an antibiotic stewardship intervention implemented across our health system's urgent-care network to determine whether there was a differential impact among patient groups. Respiratory urgent-care antibiotic prescribing decreased for all racial, ethnic, and preferred language groups, but disparities in antibiotic prescribing persisted.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ethnicity
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Antimicrobial Stewardship
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Journal subject:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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ENFERMAGEM
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EPIDEMIOLOGIA
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HOSPITAIS
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article