Identifying the relationship between hospital rurality and antibiotic overuse

• Main Authors: Hannah Hardin (Author), Valerie Vaughn (Author), Andrea White (Author), Jennifer Horowitz (Author), Elizabeth McLaughlin (Author), Julia Szymczak (Author), Lindsay Petty (Author), Anurag Malani (Author), Scott Flanders (Author), Tejal Gandhi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Antibiotic overuse and the resulting patient outcomes span all hospitals. However, although antibiotic stewardship can improve antibiotic use, effective stewardship programs require expertise and an infrastructure that are not present in all hospitals. Rural hospitals have less access to...