Levels of outpatient prescribing for four major antibiotic classes and rates of septicemia hospitalization in adults in different US states - a statistical analysis

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ID15363382
AuthorsEdward Goldstein (0000-0002-6795-0559, Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, corresponding author), Scott W Olesen (0000-0001-5400-4945, Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy), Zeynal Karaca (0000-0001-7744-4476, Health and Human Services Agency), Claudia Steiner (Kaiser Permanente), Claudia A Steiner, Cécile Viboud (0000-0003-3243-4711, Fogarty International Center), Marc Lipsitch (0000-0003-1504-9213, Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy)
Year2019
Volume19
Issue1
Pages1138-1138
Publication date2019-08-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-019-7431-8
PMID31426780
OpenAlexW2969121569
LanguageEN
References cited44

Our results suggest positive associations between the rates of prescribing for penicillins and the rates of hospitalization with septicemia in US adults aged 50-84y. Further studies are needed to better understand the potential effect of antibiotic replacement in the treatment of various syndromes, including the potential impact of the recent US FDA guidelines on restriction of fluoroquinolone use, as well as the potential effect of changes in the practices for prescribing of penicillins on the rates of sepsis-related hospitalization and mortality

Antibiotics · Biostatistics · Cephalosporin · Health care · Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project · Intensive care medicine · Mortality rate · Public health · Sepsis · Antibiotic Use and Resistance · Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing · Medicine · Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment · Emergency Medicine · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics

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