Addressing the Appropriateness of Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing in the United States: An Important First Step

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, Maryland.

Editorial

Pranita D Tamma et al. JAMA. 2016.

. 2016 May 3;315(17):1839-41.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.4286.

¹ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Prevalence of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions Among US Ambulatory Care Visits, 2010-2011.
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