title: HCIA study concludes top hospitals more likely to use low-cost first-line antibiotics.
abstract: When it comes to presurgical antibiotic prophylaxis, less is more. A benchmarking survey of America's top health systems shows that better-performing hospitals use fewer antibiotics, with no untoward effects on patients. Review the survey results.
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016527:Drug Costs; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States