Antibiotic Prescribing Quality in Out-of-Hours Primary Care and Critical Appraisal of Disease-Specific Quality Indicators

• Main Authors: Annelies Colliers (Author), Niels Adriaenssens (Author), Sibyl Anthierens (Author), Stephaan Bartholomeeusen (Author), Hilde Philips (Author), Roy Remmen (Author), Samuel Coenen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Outpatient antibiotic use in Belgium is among the highest in Europe. The most common reason for an encounter in out-of-hours (OOH) primary care is an infection. In this study, we assessed all consultations from July 2016 to June 2018 at five OOH services. We described antibiotic prescribing by diagn...