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Impact of ACO Affiliation on Antibiotic Prescribing for 5 Specialties: study
Submitted by Charlene Ice on Tue, 01/18/2022 - 15:29
- internal medicine physicians: average decrease of 23.6 antibiotic prescriptions per year
- family and general practice physicians: average decrease of 22.1 antibiotic prescriptions per year
- nurse practitioners: average decrease of 7.1 antibiotic prescriptions per year
- general surgeons: average decrease of 9.6 antibiotic prescriptions per year
- orthopedic surgeons: average decrease of 8.1 antibiotic prescriptions per year
Notes: From an article entitled, "Accountable care organizations and physician antibiotic prescribing behavior," by Svetlana Beilfuss, Sebastian Linde and Brandon Norton.
Source: Social Science and Medicine via ScienceDirect, abstract only, published online January 8, 2022
Source URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02779...
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