Prevalence and appropriateness of in-person versus not-in-person ambulatory antibiotic prescribing in an integrated academic health system: A cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Ambulatory antibiotic stewardship generally aims to address the appropriateness of antibiotics prescribed at in-person visits. The prevalence and appropriateness of antibiotics prescribed outside of in-person visits is poorly studied.

Design and setting

Retrospective cohort study of all ambulatory antibiotic prescribing in an integrated health delivery system in the United States.

Participants

Antibiotic prescribers and patients receiving oral antibiotic prescriptions between January 2016 and December 2019.

Main outcome measures

Proportion of antibiotics prescribed with in-person visits or not-in-person encounters (e.g., telephone, refills). Proportion of prescriptions in in 5 mutually exclusive appropriateness groups: 1) chronic antibiotic use; 2) a

SUBMITTER: Brown T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10374053 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature