A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Two Strategies to Improve Antibiotic Use for Patients with a Complicated Urinary Tract Infection

Up to 50% of hospital antibiotic use is inappropriate and therefore improvement strategies are urgently needed. We compared the effectiveness of two strategies to improve the quality of antibiotic use in patients with a complicated urinary tract infection (UTI). In a multicentre, cluster-randomized...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2015-12, Vol.10 (12), p.e0142672-e0142672
Hauptverfasser:	Spoorenberg, Veroniek, Hulscher, Marlies E J L, Geskus, Ronald B, de Reijke, Theo M, Opmeer, Brent C, Prins, Jan M, Geerlings, Suzanne E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Analysis Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Business competition Care and treatment Clusters Comparative analysis Diagnosis Feedback Female Health aspects Health care Health care costs Hospital costs Hospitals Humans Infections Infectious diseases Internal medicine Intervention Male Management Medicine Middle Aged Morbidity Netherlands Patients Performance evaluation Physicians Pneumonia Practice Guidelines as Topic Quality Quality Indicators, Health Care Retrospective Studies Risk factors Strategy Urinary tract Urinary tract diseases Urinary tract infections Urinary Tract Infections - complications Urinary Tract Infections - drug therapy Urogenital system Urology Webometrics
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