Julia E Szymczak, Lindsay A Petty, Tejal N Gandhi, Robert A Neetz, Adam Hersh, Angela P Presson, Peter K Lindenauer, Steven J Bernstein, Brandi M Muller, Andrea T White, Jennifer K Horowitz, Scott A Flanders, Justin D Smith, Valerie M Vaughn
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic overuse at hospital discharge is common, costly, and harmful. While discharge-specific antibiotic stewardship interventions are effective, they are resource-intensive and often infeasible for hospitals with resource constraints. This weakness impacts generalizability of stewardship interventions and has health equity implications as not all patients have access to the benefits of stewardship based on where they receive care. There may be different pathways to improve discharge antibiotic prescribing that vary widely in feasibility...
March 4, 2024: Implementation Science: IS