Outpatient Antibiotic Use and Treatment Failure Among Children With Pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although a viral etiology can be detected in most cases of pediatric pneumonia, antibiotic treatment is common. The effectiveness of antibiotics in the outpatient setting for children diagnosed with pneumonia is not known.

Objective

To compare outcomes among children diagnosed with pneumonia who were and were not treated with oral antibiotics.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study identified Medicaid-insured children and adolescents 17 years or younger diagnosed with pneumonia and discharged from ambulatory settings in a multistate claims database from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2019. Propensity score matching was used to mitigate confounding. Data were analyzed from August 31, 2023, to August 16, 2024.

Exposures

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SUBMITTER: Shapiro DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11522934 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature