General Practitioners' Attitudes toward Municipal Initiatives to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing-A Mixed-Methods Study.

ABSTRACT: Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions directed at general practitioners (GPs) contribute to an improved antibiotic prescribing. However, it is challenging to implement and maintain such interventions at a national level. Involving the municipalities' Chief Medical Officer (MCMO) in quality improvement activities may simplify the implementation and maintenance, but may also be perceived challenging for the GPs. In the ENORM (Educational intervention in NORwegian Municipalities for antibiotic treatment in line with guidelines) study, MCMOs acted as facilitators of an AMS intervention for GPs. We explored GPs' views on their own antibiotic prescribing, and their views on MCMO involvement in improving antibiotic prescribing in general practice. This is a mixed-methods study combining q

SUBMITTER: Sunde M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6783816 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature