Physicians under Pressure: Evidence from Antibiotics Prescribing in England.

Thomas AllenDorte Gyrd-HansenSøren Rud KristensenAnne Sophie OxholmLine Bjørnskov Pedersen Mario Pezzino

Published in: Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making (2022)

Many physicians are working under increasing pressure.We test the importance of pressure on physicians' prescribing of antibiotics.The prescribed rate of broad-spectrum antibiotics increases with pressure.Policy makers should be aware of the societal costs of pressured physicians.[Formula: see text].

Keyphrases

primary care
public health
healthcare
mental health
smoking cessation
human milk
electronic health record