Intervention Targets to Optimize Antibiotic Prescribing on Discharge from the Hospital to Nursing Homes

• Main Authors: Jon Furuno (Author), Brie Noble (Author), Dominic Chan (Author), Thuan Nguyen (Author), Andrea Hildebrand (Author), Jessina McGregor (Author), Emily Shephard (Author), Sally Jolles (Author), YoungYoon Ham (Author), David Bearden (Author), Caitlin McCracken (Author), Seiko Izumi (Author), Christopher Crnich (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Background: Approximately half of antibiotics used in nursing home (NHs) are initiated in acute care hospitals prior to NH admission. Optimizing antibiotic prescribing on hospital discharge to these facilities presents an opportunity to improve NH antibiotic use. We aimed to identify intervention ta...