Validating a popular outpatient antibiotic database to reliably identify high prescribing physicians for patients 65 years of age and older.

Kevin L SchwartzCynthia ChenBradley J LangfordKevin A BrownNick DanemanJennie JohnstoneJulie Hc WuValerie LeungGary Garber

Published in: PloS one (2019)

We validated the IQVIA Xponent antibiotic database to identify high prescribing physicians for patients ≥65 years, and identified some important limitations. Collecting accurate population-based antibiotic use data will remain vital to global antimicrobial stewardship efforts.

Keyphrases

primary care
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
adverse drug
machine learning
patient reported outcomes
electronic health record