Analysis of seasonal variation of antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract diagnoses in primary care practices.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine antibiotic prescribing appropriateness for respiratory tract diagnoses (RTD) by season.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Primary care practices in a university health system.

Patients

Patients who were seen at an office visit with diagnostic code for RTD.

Methods

Office visits for the entire cohort were categorized based on ICD-10 codes by the likelihood that an antibiotic was indicated (tier 1: always indicated; tier 2: sometimes indicated; tier 3: rarely indicated). Medical records were reviewed for 1,200 randomly selected office visits to determine appropriateness. Based on this reference standard, metrics and prescriber characteristics associated with inappropriate antibiotic prescribing were determined. Characteristi

SUBMITTER: Serletti L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10523546 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature