The Effect of Expert Feedback on Antibiotic Prescribing in Pediatrics: Experimental Evidence.

ABSTRACT: Background. Inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics, which is common in pediatric care, is a key driver of antimicrobial resistance. To mitigate the development of resistance, antibiotic stewardship programs often suggest the inclusion of feedback targeted at individual providers. Empirically, however, it is not well understood how feedback affects individual physicians' antibiotic prescribing decisions. Also, the question of how physicians' characteristics, such as clinical experience, relate to antibiotic prescribing decisions and to responses to feedback is largely unexplored. Objective. To analyze the causal effect of descriptive expert feedback (and individual characteristics) on physicians' antibiotic prescribing decisions in pediatrics. Design. We employed a ra

SUBMITTER: Eilermann K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6843625 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature