National Trends in Antibiotic Prescribing for Adults Hospitalized With Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Other Viral Respiratory Infections.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Significant concerns have been raised regarding the overuse of antibiotics among patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the broad impact of the pandemic on antimicrobial stewardship in acute care. We sought to compare potentially unnecessary antibiotic prescribing over time among patients admitted with symptomatic COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 viral acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs).

Methods

We conducted a repeated cross-sectional analysis of the monthly antibiotic prescribing rate from March 2020 to December 2023 for COVID-19 admissions and from January 2019 to December 2023 for other viral ARTI admissions to 803 acute care hospitals in the United States that contributed data to the Premier Healthcare Database. Our primary outcome

SUBMITTER: Pulia MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11832046 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature