Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescribing in US Emergency Department Visits, 2016-2021.

Joseph Benigno Ladines-Lim Michael A Fischer Jeffrey A LinderKao-Ping Chua

Published in: Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE (2024)

In this national analysis of US emergency department visits with antibiotic prescribing during 2016-2021, 27.6% of visits resulted in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing: 14.9% had diagnosis codes plausibly antibiotic-related (eg, acute bronchitis), suggesting actual inappropriate prescribing, and 12.6% had diagnosis codes not plausibly antibiotic-related (eg, hypertension), suggesting poor coding quality.

Keyphrases

emergency department
primary care
adverse drug
blood pressure
quality improvement
respiratory failure
electronic health record
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