Description of national antibiotic prescribing rates in U.S. long-term care facilities, 2013-2021

• Main Authors: Katryna A. Gouin (Author), Stephen Creasy (Author), Mary Beckerson (Author), Martha Wdowicki (Author), Lauri A. Hicks (Author), Sarah Kabbani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Long-term care pharmacy dispensing data from 2013 to 2021 were used to characterize antibiotic prescribing data in U.S. long-term care facilities. Overall antibiotic prescribing rates decreased from 2013 to 2021, mostly due to decreases in fluoroquinolones and macrolides. Tracking antibiotic use in...