Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Among United States Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

We examined US nurse practitioner (NP) and physician assistant (PA) outpatient antibiotic prescribing. Antibiotics were more frequently prescribed during visits involving NP/PA visits compared with physician-only visits, including overall visits (17% vs 12%, P < .0001) and acute respiratory infec...

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Autores principales: Sanchez, Guillermo V., Hersh, Adam L., Shapiro, Daniel J., Cawley, James F., Hicks, Lauri A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5047413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27704022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw168
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Sumario:We examined US nurse practitioner (NP) and physician assistant (PA) outpatient antibiotic prescribing. Antibiotics were more frequently prescribed during visits involving NP/PA visits compared with physician-only visits, including overall visits (17% vs 12%, P < .0001) and acute respiratory infection visits (61% vs 54%, P < .001). Antibiotic stewardship interventions should target NPs and PAs.

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