TY - JOUR
T1 - Antibiotic Misuse in Hospital, Outpatient, and Long-Term Care Settings
AU - Ashraf, Muhammad Salman
AU - Cook, Paul P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
©2016 by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and The Duke Endowment. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Antibiotic misuse is common in the United States, but the causes of antibiotic misuse may differ from one health care setting to another. In this commentary, we describe the factors associated with inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions in hospital, outpatient, and long-term care settings, along with specific measures that can help prevent antibiotic misuse.
AB - Antibiotic misuse is common in the United States, but the causes of antibiotic misuse may differ from one health care setting to another. In this commentary, we describe the factors associated with inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions in hospital, outpatient, and long-term care settings, along with specific measures that can help prevent antibiotic misuse.
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U2 - 10.18043/ncm.77.5.346
DO - 10.18043/ncm.77.5.346
M3 - Article
C2 - 27621347
AN - SCOPUS:85044609627
SN - 0029-2559
VL - 77
SP - 346
EP - 349
JO - North Carolina medical journal
JF - North Carolina medical journal
IS - 5
ER -