Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infection linked to overdiagnosis of pneumonia: a multihospital cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Urinary tract infection (UTI) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are the most common infections treated in hospitals. UTI and CAP are also commonly overdiagnosed, resulting in unnecessary antibiotic use and diagnostic delays. While much is known individually about overdiagnosis of UTI and CAP, it is not known whether hospitals with higher overdiagnosis of one also have higher overdiagnosis of the other. Correlation of overdiagnosis of these two conditions may indicate underlying hospital-level contributors, which in turn may represent targets for intervention. To evaluate the association of overdiagnosis of UTI and CAP, we first determined the proportion of hospitalised patients treated for CAP or UTI at 46 hospitals in Michigan who were overdiagnosed according to national guideline de

SUBMITTER: Gupta A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9121367 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature