ArticleJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine2006
Ambulatory antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis and cough and hospital admissions for respiratory infections: time trends analysis.
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- Risk prediction models to guide antibiotic prescribing: a study on adult patients with uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infections in an emergency department.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2020Article
- The rapid diagnosis of viral respiratory tract infections and its impact on antimicrobial stewardship programs.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2018Observational
- Role of Atypical Pathogens and the Antibiotic Prescription Pattern in Acute Bronchitis: A Multicenter Study in Korea.Journal of Korean medical science · 2015Article
- Selective decrease in consultations and antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections in UK primary care up to 2006.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2009Article
- Optimal sampling sites and methods for detection of pathogens possibly causing community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2009Review
- Antibiotic prescribing patterns and hospital admissions with respiratory and urinary tract infections.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2008Article
- Protective effect of antibiotics against serious complications of common respiratory tract infections: retrospective cohort study with the UK General Practice Research Database.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2007Article
- Risks and benefits associated with antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections: a cohort study.Annals of family medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine the relationship between ambulatory antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis and cough with hospital admissions for respiratory infections in the USA between 1996 and 2003.
designAnalysis of data on antibiotic prescribing for episodes of acute bronchitis/cough illness in ambulatory care and hospitalization for respiratory infections for adults between 1996 and 2003 in the USA.
settingUSA: ambulatory prescribing behaviour was derived from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey while hospitalizations in acute care hospitals were assessed in the National Hospital Discharge Survey.
participantsAdults 18-64 years old.
interventionsNone.
main outcome measuresProportion of visits for acute bronchitis/cough receiving a prescription for antibiotics and hospitalization for respiratory infections.
resultsAmbulatory antibiotic prescribing practices for acute bronchitis/cough and hospitalizations for respiratory infections exhibited non-linear patterns over the 8 year period. However, antibiotic prescribing practices for acute bronchitis/cough and hospitalizations for respiratory infections had a weak/moderate negative association. For three of the seven yearly changes in prescribing and hospitalizations as one increased the other decreased (P<0.01).
conclusionsAmbulatory antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections was inversely associated with hospital admissions for respiratory tract infections.
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