Background: Unnecessary antibiotic use in the community in Canada is not well defined.
Our objective was to quantify unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in a Canadian primary care …

The proportion of antibiotic prescriptions prescribed in US physician offices and emergency
departments that were unnecessary decreased slightly, from 30% in 2010–2011 to 28% in …

Background: Reducing inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in primary care is a public health
priority. Objectives: We hypothesized that a subset of patients account for the majority of …

Importance The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria set a goal
of reducing inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use by 50% by 2020, but the extent of …

Objective To analyse individual-patient electronic health records to evaluate changes in
antibiotic (AB) prescribing in England for different age groups, for male and female subjects …

Objectives To identify and quantify inappropriate systemic antibiotic prescribing in primary
care in England, and ultimately to determine the potential for reduction in prescribing of …

Data are needed from outpatient settings to better inform antimicrobial stewardship. In this
study, a random sample of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions by primary care providers …

Objectives To examine variations across general practices and factors associated with
antibiotic prescribing for common infections in UK primary care to identify potential targets …

Objectives To assess the appropriateness of prescribing systemic antibiotics for different
clinical conditions in primary care, and to quantify 'ideal'antibiotic prescribing proportions in …

Objectives To identify the frequency with which antibiotics are prescribed in the absence of a
documented indication in the ambulatory care setting, to quantify the potential effect on …