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. 2023 Aug 16;11(16):2307.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare11162307.

Inappropriate Prescribing of Antibiotics to Pediatric Patients Receiving Medicaid: Comparison of High-Volume and Non-High-Volume Antibiotic Prescribers-Kentucky, 2019

Bethany A Wattles  1 , Michael J Smith  2 , Yana Feygin  3 , Kahir Jawad  3 , Andrea Flinchum  4 , Brittany Corley  4 , Kevin B Spicer  4   5
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Inappropriate Prescribing of Antibiotics to Pediatric Patients Receiving Medicaid: Comparison of High-Volume and Non-High-Volume Antibiotic Prescribers-Kentucky, 2019

Bethany A Wattles et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing to pediatric Medicaid patients was compared among high-volume and non-high-volume prescribers. High-volume prescribers had a higher percentage of inappropriate prescriptions than non-high-volume prescribers (17.2% versus 15.8%, p = 0.005). Targeting high-volume prescribers for stewardship efforts is a practical approach to reducing outpatient antibiotic prescribing that also captures inappropriate use.

Keywords: Medicaid; antibiotic prescribing; antibiotic stewardship; outpatient.

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Conflict of interest statement

This content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official view of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Medicaid Services or Department for Public Health, or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. B.A.W., M.J.S., Y.F. and K.J. received funding support from Merck through the Merck Investigator Studies Program. M.J.S. receives funding support from Pfizer for clinical trials. A.F., B.C., and K.B.S. report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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