Antibiotic prescription practices for pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infections and urinary tract infections throughout the US Veterans Affairs system

Huttner, Benedikt; Jones, Makoto; Csaki Huttner, Angela; Rubin, Michael; Samore, Matthew H

doi:10.1093/jac/dkt171

Scientific article

English

Antibiotic prescription practices for pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infections and urinary tract infections throughout the US Veterans Affairs system

ContributorsHuttner, Benedikt

; Jones, Makoto; Csaki Huttner, Angela; Rubin, Michael; Samore, Matthew H

Published inThe journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, vol. 68, no. 10, p. 2393-2399

Publication date2013

Abstract

Currently used metrics for antibiotic utilization are not linked to a diagnosis and may be difficult to interpret. We aimed to describe patterns and variation in antibiotic management of three common infectious disease diagnoses in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs).

Keywords

Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
Cohort Studies
Drug Prescriptions/statistics & numerical data
Drug Utilization/statistics & numerical data
Humans
Pneumonia, Bacterial/drug therapy
Retrospective Studies
Skin Diseases, Bacterial/drug therapy
Soft Tissue Infections/drug therapy
United States
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Urinary Tract Infections/drug therapy

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Résistance aux antibiotiques (866)

Citation (ISO format)

HUTTNER, Benedikt et al. Antibiotic prescription practices for pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infections and urinary tract infections throughout the US Veterans Affairs system. In: The journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2013, vol. 68, n° 10, p. 2393–2399. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkt171

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PID : unige:36202
DOI : 10.1093/jac/dkt171
PMID : 23681271

Journal ISSN0305-7453

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Antibiotic prescription practices for pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infections and urinary tract infections throughout the US Veterans Affairs system

Currently used metrics for antibiotic utilization are not linked to a diagnosis and may be difficult to interpret. We aimed to describe patterns and variation in antibiotic management of three common infectious disease diagnoses in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs).

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