Expert consensus on monitoring antimicrobial stewardship in French nursing homes using assessed reimbursement database indicators.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Monitoring the appropriateness of antibiotic prescriptions with indicators based on reimbursement data is required to guide antibiotic stewardship (AMS) interventions in nursing homes (NHs). Quantity metrics (QMs) monitor the volume of prescriptions while proxy indicators (PIs) reflect the appropriateness of antibiotic use. Our objectives were: (i) to provide a relevant consensual set of indicators to be used in French NHs; and (ii) to assess the feasibility of their implementation at the national and local scale.

Methods

Nine French professional organizations implicated in AMS in NHs were asked to nominate at least one member to create a national expert panel of 20 physicians. Twenty-one recently published QMs and 11 PIs were assessed by the expert panel. Indicat

SUBMITTER: Asquier-Khati A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10064325 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature