Temporal Association between Influenza Vaccination Coverage and Ambulatory Antibiotic Use in Children.
Mariam YounasJulie RoyerHana R WindersSharon B WeissmanP Brandon BookstaverJulie Ann JustoKatie S WaitesLinda BellMajdi N Al-HasanPublished in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2022)
In this population-based retrospective cohort study, increased influenza vaccination coverage was temporally associated with a reduction in ambulatory antibiotic use in children. After adjustment for yearly vaccine effectiveness, antibiotic prescription rate declined by 3/1000 person-months for each 1% increase in influenza vaccination coverage between 2012 and 2017 in South Carolina (P < 0.001).