Antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: Patterns in a nationwide telehealth service provider

Jeffrey A. Linder; Stephen D. Persell; Marcella A. Kelley; Mark Friedberg; Noah J. Goldstein; Tara K. Knight; Katrina M. Kaiser; Jason N. Doctor; Wendy J. Mack; Jason Tibbels; Bridget McCabe; Steve Haenchen; Daniella Meeker

doi:10.1017/ice.2023.292

Antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: Patterns in a nationwide telehealth service provider

Jeffrey A. Linder, Stephen D. Persell, Marcella A. Kelley, Mark Friedberg, Noah J. Goldstein, Tara K. Knight, Katrina M. Kaiser, Jason N. Doctor, Wendy J. Mack, Jason Tibbels, Bridget McCabe, Steve Haenchen, Daniella Meeker^*

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Medicine, General Medicine Division

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We examined 3,046,538 acute respiratory infection (ARI) encounters with 6,103 national telehealth physicians from January 2019 to October 2021. The antibiotic prescribing rates were 44% for all ARIs; 46% were antibiotic appropriate; 65% were potentially appropriate; 19% resulted from inappropriate diagnoses; and 10% were related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) diagnosis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	777-780
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	45
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.292
State	Published - Jun 8 2024

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This work was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (grant no. 5R01HS026506-05 to D.M.).

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Linder, J. A., Persell, S. D., Kelley, M. A., Friedberg, M., Goldstein, N. J., Knight, T. K., Kaiser, K. M., Doctor, J. N., Mack, W. J., Tibbels, J., McCabe, B., Haenchen, S., & Meeker, D. (2024). Antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: Patterns in a nationwide telehealth service provider. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 45(6), 777-780. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.292

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Antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: Patterns in a nationwide telehealth service provider. / Linder, Jeffrey A.; Persell, Stephen D.; Kelley, Marcella A. et al.
In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 45, No. 6, 08.06.2024, p. 777-780.

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