Impact of Implementation of the Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Within Veterans Health Administration Emergency Departments and Primary Care Clinics on Antibiotic Prescribing and Patient Outcomes.
Karl Madaras-KellyChristopher HostlerMary TownsendEmily M PotterEmily S SpivakSarah K HallMatthew Bidwell GoetzMcKenna NeversJian YingBenjamin HaalandSuzette A RovelskyBenjamin Alan PontefractKatherine E Fleming-DutraLauri A HicksMatthew H SamorePublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
Implementation of the core elements was associated with reduced antibiotic prescribing for RIs and a reduction in hospitalizations. Diagnostic coding changes were observed.