Observational studyAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2020
Decreased Overall and Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in a Veterans Affairs Hospital Emergency Department following a Peer Comparison-Based Stewardship Intervention.
Observational study in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Physician Feedback Reduces Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Upper Respiratory Tract Infection in the Emergency Department.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- [Recommendations from an antimicrobial stewardship program on the duration of antibiotic treatment: effectiveness of short-course regimens in the emergency department].Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2025Article
- What works for and what hinders deimplementation of low-value care in emergency medicine practice? A scoping review.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Hospital antibiotic consumption-an interrupted time series analysis of the early and late phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland, a retrospective study.Pharmacological reports : PR · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the Clinical Outcome and Cost Analysis of Antibiotics in the Treatment of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in the Emergency Department in Saudi Arabia.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Five Ds of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship for Urinary Tract Infections.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2021Review
- A Baker's Dozen of Top Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention Publications in 2020.Open forum infectious diseases · 2021Review
- Using Audit and Feedback to Improve Antimicrobial Prescribing in Emergency Departments: A Multicenter Quasi-Experimental Study in the Veterans Health Administration.Open forum infectious diseases · 2021Article
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Abstract
Antibiotic prescribing is very common in emergency departments (EDs). Optimal stewardship intervention strategies in EDs are not well defined. We conducted a prospective, observational cohort study in a Veterans Affairs ED in which clinician education and monthly e-mail-based peer comparisons were directed against all oral antibiotic prescribing for discharged patients. Oral antibiotic prescriptions were compared in baseline (June 2016 to December 2017) and intervention (January to June 2018) periods using an interrupted time series regression model. Prescribing appropriateness was compared during January to June 2017 and the intervention period. During the intervention period, antibiotic prescriptions decreased monthly by 10.4 prescriptions per 1,000 ED visits (
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