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1819. Antibiotic Prescribing Feedback: Description of Denominator Metrics to Standardize Prescribing Rates for Peer Comparison

BACKGROUND: Prescriber feedback on antibiotic use (AU) paired with peer comparison reduces inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in the outpatient setting but is challenging to replicate in hospitals. Measuring overall AU in days of therapy (DOT) by prescriber does not adequately identify outliers be...

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Autores principales: Jones, Travis, Johnson, Melissa, Moehring, Rebekah W, Ashley, Elizabeth Dodds
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254431/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1475