title: Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Among United States Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.
abstract: We examined US nurse practitioner (NP) and physician assistant (PA) outpatient antibiotic prescribing. Antibiotics were more frequently prescribed during visits involving NP/PA visits compared with physician-only visits, including overall visits (17% vs 12%,P< .0001) and acute respiratory infection visits (61% vs 54%,P< .001). Antibiotic stewardship interventions should target NPs and PAs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Guillermo V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases , University of Utah , Salt Lake City.
authors.forename: Adam L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hersh
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine , University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Health Sciences , George Washington University , Washington, District of Columbia.
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Cawley
authors.affiliation: Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Lauri A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Hicks
keywords: antibiotic resistance; family practice; physician's practice patterns/trends; primary care; respiratory tract infections/drug therapy