Hospitalization for Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in a Low-Antibiotic-Prescribing Setting: Cross-Sectional Data from General Practice.

anti-bacterial agents drug prescriptions inappropriate prescribing primary health care respiratory tract infections

Journal

Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2079-6382
Titre abrégé: Antibiotics (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101637404

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
29 Sep 2020
Historique:
received: 19 08 2020
revised: 24 09 2020
accepted: 24 09 2020
entrez: 2 10 2020
pubmed: 3 10 2020
medline: 3 10 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI) are the main cause of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. To date, there is limited evidence concerning whether low levels of antibiotic prescribing may impact patient safety. We investigate whether antibiotic prescribing for patients seeking primary care for ARTI correlates with the odds for hospitalization. Analysis of patient baseline data ( Neither the antibiotic status of individual patients (OR 0.91; 95% CI: 0.49 to 1.69; In a low-antibiotic-prescribing primary care setting such as Germany, lack of treatment with antibiotics for ARTI did not result in higher odds for hospitalization in an adult population.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI) are the main cause of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. To date, there is limited evidence concerning whether low levels of antibiotic prescribing may impact patient safety. We investigate whether antibiotic prescribing for patients seeking primary care for ARTI correlates with the odds for hospitalization.
METHODS METHODS
Analysis of patient baseline data (
RESULTS RESULTS
Neither the antibiotic status of individual patients (OR 0.91; 95% CI: 0.49 to 1.69;
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
In a low-antibiotic-prescribing primary care setting such as Germany, lack of treatment with antibiotics for ARTI did not result in higher odds for hospitalization in an adult population.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33003436
pii: antibiotics9100653
doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9100653
pmc: PMC7600502
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Subventions

Organisme : Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
ID : BMBF 01GY1140

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Auteurs

Christin Löffler (C)

Institute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany.

Attila Altiner (A)

Institute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany.

Annette Diener (A)

Institute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany.

Reinhard Berner (R)

Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU, 01307 Dresden, Germany.

Gregor Feldmeier (G)

Institute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany.

Christian Helbig (C)

Institute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany.

Winfried V Kern (WV)

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg, Germany.

Anna Köchling (A)

Clinic of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany.

Michaela Schmid (M)

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg, Germany.

Gerhard Schön (G)

Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.

Helmut Schröder (H)

AOK Research Institute (WIdO), 10178 Berlin, Germany.

Karl Wegscheider (K)

Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.

Anja Wollny (A)

Institute of General Practice, Rostock University Medical Center, 18057 Rostock, Germany.

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