Antibiotic use without a Prescription: A multi-site Survey of Patient, Health System, and Encounter Characteristics.
Larissa GrigoryanMichael K Paasche-OrlowOsvaldo AlquiciraLindsey LaytnerMatthew SchlueterRichard L StreetJuanita SalinasKenneth BarningHammad MahmoodThomas W PorterFareed KhanJean L RaphaelFabrizia FaustinellaBarbara W TrautnerPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
Patients without health insurance who report a financial barrier to care are likely to pursue more dangerous non-prescription antimicrobials. This is a harm of the fragmented, expensive healthcare system that may drive increasing antimicrobial resistance and patient harm.