Changes in the Appropriateness of US Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing After the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of 2016-2021 Data.

Kao-Ping ChuaMichael A FischerMoshiur RahmanJeffrey A Linder

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)

Despite an initial decline, the proportion of enrollees exposed to inappropriate antibiotics returned to baseline levels by December 2021. Findings underscore the continued importance of outpatient antibiotic stewardship initiatives.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
primary care
electronic health record
quality improvement
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
acute care
data analysis
drug induced