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Antibiotic prescribing patterns vary by specialty.(Clinical Rounds)
NICE, FRANCE -- Family practitioners prescribe penicillins most often, whereas ob.gyns. prescribe nitrofurans more frequently than any other specialty.
These are some of the findings from a 3-year study examining prescribing patterns of oral antibiotics by physician specialty in the United States.
This is the first study to offer a national perspective on outpatient antimicrobial prescribing by physician specialty, Katie J. Suda, Pharm.D., and her associates reported at the 16th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
"Over the 3 years, prescribing patterns did vary significantly by physician specialty," she said.
Investigators evaluated outpatient antibiotic prescriptions dispensed in 2001-2003 from nine managed health care plans. Medications were stratified into classes and formulations as defined by the American Hospital Formulary Service.
Diagnostic codes were defined according to Medicode (now referred to as Ingenix).
A total of 7,613 physicians wrote 48,182 antibiotic prescriptions for 26,875 patients. The average patient age was 34 years.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Antibiotic prescribing patterns vary by specialty.(Clinical Rounds)