Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescribing in US Emergency Department Visits, 2016–2021

Joseph Benigno Ladines-Lim; Michael A. Fischer; Jeffrey A. Linder; Kao Ping Chua

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.79

Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescribing in US Emergency Department Visits, 2016–2021

Joseph Benigno Ladines-Lim^*, Michael A. Fischer, Jeffrey A. Linder, Kao Ping Chua

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In this national analysis of US emergency department visits with antibiotic prescribing during 2016–2021, 27.6% of visits resulted in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing: 14.9% had diagnosis codes plausibly antibiotic-related (eg, acute bronchitis), suggesting actual inappropriate prescribing, and 12.6% had diagnosis codes not plausibly antibiotic-related (eg, hypertension), suggesting poor coding quality.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e79
Journal	Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.79
State	Published - May 14 2024

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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