Prevalence of probiotic use among inpatients: A descriptive study of 145 U.S. hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To inform clinical guidance, public health efforts, and research directions, probiotic use in U.S. health care needs to be better understood. This work aimed to assess the prevalence of inpatient probiotic use in a sample of U.S. hospitals.

Methods

Probiotic use among patients discharged in 2012 was estimated using the MarketScan Hospital Drug Database. In addition, the annual trend in probiotic use (2006-2012) was assessed among a subset of hospitals.

Results

Among 145 hospitals with 1,976,167 discharges in 2012, probiotics were used in 51,723 (2.6%) of hospitalizations occurring in 139 (96%) hospitals. Patients receiving probiotics were 9 times more likely to receive antimicrobials (P < .0001) and 21 times more likely to have a Clostridium difficile infec

SUBMITTER: Yi SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11376969 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature