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Characteristics of Primary Care Physicians Associated With High Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Volume

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Abstract Our objective was to identify characteristics associated with high-volume antibiotic prescribing among office-based primary care physicians to target antibiotic stewardship efforts. Physicians aged 40 years and older who were… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Our objective was to identify characteristics associated with high-volume antibiotic prescribing among office-based primary care physicians to target antibiotic stewardship efforts. Physicians aged 40 years and older who were male, located in the South, and in solo or 2-physician practices prescribed higher volumes of antibiotics than their peers by specialty.

Keywords: volume; associated high; primary care; antibiotic prescribing; care physicians

Journal Title: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2018

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