Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Among United States Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. (10th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sanchez, Guillermo V.; Hersh, Adam L.; Shapiro, Daniel J.; Cawley, James F.; Hicks, Lauri A.
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 3:Number 3(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-08-10
• Subjects: antibiotic resistance -- family practice -- physician's practice patterns/trends -- primary care -- respiratory tract infections/drug therapy; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw168
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: We examined US nurse practitioner (NP) and physician assistant (PA) outpatient antibiotic prescribing. Antibiotics were more frequently prescribed during visits involving NP/PA visits compared with physician-only visits, including overall visits (17% vs 12%, P < .0001) and acute respiratory infection visits (61% vs 54%, P < .001). Antibiotic stewardship interventions should target NPs and PAs.