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115. Variable Use of Diagnostic Codes for Acute Respiratory Infections Across Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Clinics in an Integrated Healthcare System: Implications for Accuracy of Antibiotic Stewardship Metrics

BACKGROUND: Antibiotic stewardship initiatives can leverage metrics that make peer-peer comparisons. A commonly used metric measures how frequently a clinician prescribes antibiotics for acute respiratory infections (ARIs), as defined by diagnostic codes. However, it is unclear if clinicians differ...

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Autores principales: Livorsi, Daniel J, Nair, Rajeshwari, Goto, Michihiko, Perencevich, Eli N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8645042/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab466.317