Comparison of Antibiotic Prescribing for Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children's and Non-Children's Hospitals

JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Feb 1;173(2):190-192. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4270.

Abstract

This analysis uses hospital billing databases of inpatient discharges to compare antibiotic prescribing for community-acquired pneumonia by hospital type.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship / standards
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship / statistics & numerical data
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
  • Databases, Factual
  • Female
  • Guideline Adherence / statistics & numerical data*
  • Hospitals, Pediatric / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Pneumonia / drug therapy*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • United States

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents