Antibiotic Prescriptions Associated With COVID-19 Outpatient Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries, April 2020 to April 2021.

Tsay, Sharon V; Bartoces, Monina; Gouin, Katryna; Kabbani, Sarah; Hicks, Lauri A · JAMA · 2022

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

This study of Medicare claims data examines the prescribing of antibiotics to older US patients who had outpatient visits for COVID-19 in an effort to address unnecessary antibiotic use for viral infections.

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