Association between asthma status and prenatal antibiotic prescription fills among women in a Medicaid population.
Brittney M DonovanMegan F PattersonTebeb GebretsadikFerdinand CachoTan DingKedir N TuriAndrew AbreoPingsheng WuTina V HartertPublished in: The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma (2021)
Pregnant women with asthma had more outpatient antibiotic prescription fills than pregnant women without asthma. These findings highlight that pregnant women with asthma disproportionately fill more antibiotic prescriptions during pregnancy, providing data that may inform antibiotic stewardship.