Facility-level correlates of antimicrobial use in nursing homes.
We assessed the contribution of facility-level variables to antimicrobial use in a cohort of 50 nursing homes and found that antimicrobial use was significantly correlated with the percentage of nursing home residents with feeding tubes, the number of healthcare aides, and the country of origin of the facility.
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Mark
M
Loeb
Allison
A
McGeer
Andrew
A
Simor
Stephen D
SD
Walter
Suzanne
S
Bradley
Donald E
DE
Low
Lorraine
L
Moss
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002170:Canada; D015331:Cohort Studies; D017723:Drug Utilization Review; D014481:United States
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents