No "One-Size-Fits All": chronic "Carryover" diagnoses dilute antibiotic prescribing rates for sinusitis among adults in primary and urgent care settings.

IF 3 4区医学 Q2 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Pub Date : 2024-12-27 DOI:10.1017/ice.2024.200

Mary Smith, Marten Hawkins, Chananid Laikijrung, Emily Mui, William Alegria, Thomas Leung, Alex Zimmet, David Ha, Marisa Holubar

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Abstract

International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) billing data used in outpatient stewardship metrics is under-described for acute and chronic sinusitis. We found that different sinusitis ICD-10 definitions impacted antibiotic prescribing rates (APRs). Chronic sinusitis ICD-10s dilute overall sinusitis APR, particularly in primary care settings and should be examined separately.

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Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 医学-传染病学

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

6.70%

发文量

289

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

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