Patterns, Predictors, and Inter-Center Variability in Empiric Gram-Negative Antibiotic Use Across 928 U.S. Hospitals.
Katherine E GoodmanJonathan D BaghdadiLaurence S MagderEmily L HeilMark SutherlandRyan DillonLaura PuzniakPranita D TammaAnthony D HarrisPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Empiric Gram-negative antibiotic use is highly variable across U.S. regions, and there is high, unexplained inter-hospital variability. Sex and racial disparities in the receipt of broad-spectrum therapy warrant further investigation.