The consequence of financial incentives for not prescribing antibiotics: a Japan's nationwide quasi-experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For addressing antibiotic overuse, Japan designed a health care policy in which eligible medical facilities could claim a financial reward when antibiotics were not prescribed for early-stage respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. The policy was introduced in a pilot manner in paediatric clinics in April 2018.

Methods

We conducted a quasi-experimental, propensity score-matched, difference-in-differences (DID) design to determine whether the nationwide financial incentives for appropriate non-prescribing of antibiotics as antimicrobial stewardship [800 JPY (≈7.3 US D) per case] were associated with changes in prescription patterns, including antibiotics, and health care use in routine paediatric health care settings at a national level. Data consisted of 9 25

SUBMITTER: Okubo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10233477 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature