Antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in urgent care: a comparison of in-person and virtual settings.

Kathryn A MartinezAbhishek DeshpandeElizabeth StanleyMichael B Rothberg

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)

Antibiotic prescriptions were more common in virtual versus in-person urgent care settings, including among physicians who provided care in both platforms. This appears to be related to the high rate of sinusitis diagnosis in virtual urgent care.

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