Estimating the likelihood of hospitalists to repeatedly prescribe high rates of antibiotics

2025/01/01 by Radhika Prakash-Asrani, Samuel Parks, Chad Robichaux +7 · 1 voice
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Health Professions · Medicine · #Healthcare Policy and Management #Hospital Admissions and Outcomes #Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare

paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/ash.2025.10132

openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Among 70 hospitalists across three facilities, 47% of high prescribers of broad-spectrum hospital-onset (BSHO) agents remained high in the subsequent period versus 24% for initially high prescribers of anti-MRSA agents. Findings of persistence of high prescribing add credibility to our metric for BSHO agents but not anti-MRSA agents.

Discussions

• Across 3 facilities, 47% of high prescribers of broad-spectrum hospital-onset (BSHO) agents continued to prescribe high in the subsequent periods versus 24% for high anti-MRSA agents prescribers. Pers [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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