Facility-Level Correlates of Antimicrobial Use in Nursing Homes Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractWe assessed the contribution of facility-Ievel variables to antimicrobial use in a cohort of 50 nursing homes and found that antimicrobial use was significantly correlated with the percentage of nursing home residents with feeding tubes, the number of healthcare aides, and the country of origin of the facility.

authors

• Loeb, Mark
• McGeer, Allison
• Simor, Andrew
• Walter, Stephen
• Bradley, Suzanne
• Low, Donald E
• Moss, Lorraine

status

• published 

publication date

• February 2004

has subject area

• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• Anti-Infective Agents (MeSH)
• Canada (MeSH)
• Cohort Studies (MeSH)
• Drug Utilization Review (MeSH)
• Epidemiology (Science Metrix)
• United States (MeSH)

published in

• Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology  Journal

keywords

• Anti-Infective Agents
• Canada
• Cohort Studies
• Drug Utilization Review
• United States

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1086/502373

PubMed ID

• 14994948

start page

• 173

end page

• 176

volume

• 25

issue

• 2