Reducing Antibiotic Use in Children: A Randomized Trial in 12 Practices

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Authors

Jonathan A. Finkelstein · Harvard University

Robert L. Davis · University of Washington

Scott F. Dowell · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Joshua P. Metlay · United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Stephen B. Soumerai · Harvard University

Sheryl L. Rifas‐Shiman · Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Margaret Higham

Abstract

A limited simultaneous educational outreach intervention for parents and providers reduced antibiotic use among children in primary care practices, even in the setting of substantial secular trends toward decreased prescribing. Future efforts to promote judicious prescribing should continue to build on growing public awareness of antibiotic overuse.

Topics & Keywords

Antibiotic Use and Resistance Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 108, Issue 1, pp. 1-7

DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.1.1

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