Physician antimicrobial prescribing and patient outcomes on general medical wards: a multicentre retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Variability in antimicrobial prescribing may indicate an opportunity for improvement in antimicrobial use. We sought to measure physician-level antimicrobial prescribing in adult general medical wards, assess the contribution of patient-level factors to antimicrobial prescribing and evaluate the association between antimicrobial prescribing and clinical outcomes.

Methods

Using the General Medicine Inpatient Initiative (GEMINI) database, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of physician-level volume and spectrum of antimicrobial prescribing in adult general medical wards in 4 academic teaching hospitals in Toronto, Ontario, between April 2010 and December 2019. We stratified physicians into quartiles by hospital site based on volume of antimicrobial prescribin

SUBMITTER: McIntyre MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10442238 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature