Antibiotic Use Among Residents Receiving Skilled Nursing Care in 29 U.S. Nursing Homes.

Sunah SongBrigid M WilsonTaissa BejStefan GravensteinRebecca R CarterJoseph MarekRobin L P Jump

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2020)

Our study demonstrates that pharmacy invoices represent a useful and preexisting source of data for assessing antibiotic prescriptions among individuals receiving skilled nursing care. The correlation between the number of unique prescribers and antibiotic starts suggests that prescribers are central to efforts to improve antibiotic use in nursing homes.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
acute care
big data
data analysis