Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
9-1-2016
Journal
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Volume
3
Issue
3
DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofw168
Abstract
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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APA Citation
Sanchez, G., Hersh, A., Shapiro, D., Cawley, J. F., & Hicks, L. (2016). Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Among United States Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 3 (3). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw168
Peer Reviewed
1
Open Access
1
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Comments
Reproduced with permission of Oxford University Press. Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2016. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.