Journal article
The Association Between High and Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing: A Cohort Study Using Family Physician Electronic Medical Records
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Approximately 25% of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary among family physicians in Canada. Minimizing unnecessary antibiotics is key for community antibiotic stewardship. However, unnecessary antibiotic prescribing is much harder to measure than total antibiotic prescribing. We investigated the association between total and unnecessary antibiotic use by family physicians and evaluated inter-physician variability in …
Authors
Kitano T; Langford BJ; Brown KA; Pang A; Chen B; Garber G; Daneman N; Tu K; Leung V; Candido E
Journal
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 72, No. 9, pp. e345–e351
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
May 4, 2021
DOI
10.1093/cid/ciaa1139
ISSN
1058-4838