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CDC Study: Opportunities to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing in All Outpatient Settings

Posted on July 17, 2018

Blog: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)

The Journal of the American Medical Association: Internal Medicine has released a new study which shows that healthcare professionals in all outpatient settings unnecessarily prescribed antibiotics for respiratory illnesses like the common cold and bronchitis. According to the study, antibiotics were prescribed unnecessarily in 46% of urgent care center visits, 25% of emergency department visits, 17% […]

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