Prevalence of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions Among US Ambulatory Care Visits, 2010-2011.

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The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria set a goal of reducing inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use by 50% by 2020, but the extent of inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use is unknown.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): JAMA

Title: JAMA

ISSN (Electronic): 1538-3598

ISSN (Print): 0098-7484

Publication date (Electronic): May 3 2016

Volume: 315

Issue: 17

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[1 ] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

[2 ] Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

[3 ] School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco.

[4 ] Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

[5 ] Summa Health System and Northeast Ohio Medical University, Akron.

[6 ] Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

[7 ] Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania8University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia.

[8 ] Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC.

[9 ] Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

[10 ] Minnesota Department of Health, St Paul.

[11 ] University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia.

[12 ] Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California-Davis, Sacramento.

[13 ] Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.

[14 ] Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

[15 ] Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.

[16 ] Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.

[17 ] Department of Veterans Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago.

[18 ] Oregon Public Health Division, Portland.

[19 ] Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington.

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Publisher Item ID: 2518263

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.4151

PubMed ID: 27139059

SO-VID: c82647e5-e9d0-4b2e-8015-142deb73db48

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