What is it about?
This is a systematice review of studies which tried different intervention to reduce prescriptions of antibiotics in ambulatory care.
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Why is it important?
Unnecessary antibiotics expose patients to the risk of adverse drug related events and are threat for communities since they promote development of drug resitant bacteria.
Perspectives
Success of interventions to reduce prescriptions of antibiotics depends on many factors, like the baseline prescription rate of antibiotics. There is a need for a consensus how to measure success of such interventions.
Professor Jean-Francois Chenot
Dpt. of General Practice / Family Medicine, University Medicine Greifswalde
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This page is a summary of: Reduction of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections in primary care: a systematic review, Implementation Science, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-018-0732-y.
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