Comparative Safety and Attributable Health Care Expenditures Following Inappropriate versus Appropriate Outpatient Antibiotic Prescriptions among Adults with Upper Respiratory Infections.
Anne M ButlerDerek S BrownJason G NewlandKatelin B NickelJohn M SahrmannCaroline A O'NeilMargaret A OlsenRachel M ZettsDavid Y HyunMichael J DurkinPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory infections were associated with increased risks of patient harm and higher health care expenditures, justifying a further call-to-action to implement outpatient antibiotic stewardship programs.