Antibiotic prescribing by general dentists in the United States, 2013.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dentists prescribe approximately 10% of outpatient antibiotics, but little is known about dentists' antibiotic prescribing patterns. The authors conducted a study to characterize prescribing by dentists according to antibiotic agent and category, patient demographic characteristics, and geographic region in the United States.

Methods

The authors identified oral antibiotic prescriptions dispensed during 2013 in the Xponent (QuintilesIMS) database. The authors used the total number of prescriptions and county-level census population denominators to calculate prescribing rates. In addition, the authors analyzed prescribing according to individual agent, drug category, and patient demographic characteristics and the total number of prescriptions calculated for general

SUBMITTER: Roberts RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6814255 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature