Identifying Outpatient-Specialized High-Volume Prescribers of Antibiotics in Older Adult Populations – Philadelphia, PA 2021
Background: Inappropriate antibiotic use promotes antibiotic resistance which poses a threat to public health. Outpatient settings are responsible for 80-90% of all antibiotic use, yet up to 50% of these prescriptions may be inappropriate and at least 33% completely unnecessary. To promote outpatien...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2024-07-01
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| Series: | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology |
| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X24000962/type/journal_article |