Prescribing Patterns of High Opioid and Antibiotic Prescribers, Washington State, 2021: Do Some Prescribers Have Trouble Saying No?

Autor: Evans DT; Healthcare Associated Infections Program, Washington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA., Kamenar K; Healthcare Associated Infections Program, Washington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA., Zering J; Healthcare Associated Infections Program, Washington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA., D'Angeli M; Healthcare Associated Infections Program, Washington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA., Stohs EJ; Healthcare Associated Infections Program, Washington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA.; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Open forum infectious diseases [Open Forum Infect Dis] 2024 Nov 05; Vol. 11 (12), pp. ofae657. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 05 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae657
Abstrakt: Among Washington State emergency and family medicine physicians, high prescribers of opioids were 2.9 times more likely to be high prescribers of antibiotics in the Medicare Part D population. The inverse relationship showed the same association. Antimicrobial and opioid stewards should collaborate on shared goals to implement effective interventions.
Competing Interests: Potential conflicts of interest. E.J.S. reports having received grant support from Merck and bioMérieux for projects not relevant to this article. All other authors report no conflicts.
(© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.)
Databáze: MEDLINE