Otitis Media-related Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns, Outcomes, and Expenditures in a Pediatric Medicaid Population

Otitis Media-related Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns, Outcomes, and Expenditures in a Pediatric Medicaid Population

Treatment of otitis media is the most frequent reason for administering antibiotics to children in the United States. However, only limited data are available on medical effectiveness of antibiotic prescribing patterns for otitis media and their associated expenditures or the factors that influence...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1997-10, Vol.100 (4), p.585-592
Hauptverfasser: Berman, Stephen, Byrns, Patricia J, Bondy, Jessica, Smith, Pamela J, Lezotte, Dennis
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acute Disease
Adolescent
Amoxicillin
Amoxicillin - economics
Amoxicillin - therapeutic use
Anti-Bacterial Agents - economics
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Antibiotics
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Cephalosporins - economics
Cephalosporins - therapeutic use
Child
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
Colorado
Drug Combinations
Drug Costs
Drug therapy
Drug Utilization
Drugs
Economic aspects
Ent and stomatologic bacterial diseases
Erythromycin - economics
Erythromycin - therapeutic use
Female
Health aspects
Health care expenditures
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infant
Infectious diseases
Male
Medicaid
Medical sciences
Otitis media
Otitis Media - drug therapy
Pediatrics
Pharmaceuticals
Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data
Prescribing
Prescriptions
Prescriptions (Drugs)
Sulfisoxazole - economics
Sulfisoxazole - therapeutic use
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination - economics
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination - therapeutic use
United States
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Zusammenfassung:Treatment of otitis media is the most frequent reason for administering antibiotics to children in the United States. However, only limited data are available on medical effectiveness of antibiotic prescribing patterns for otitis media and their associated expenditures or the factors that influence antibiotic prescribing. The study population consisted of 131 169 children during 1991 and 157 065 children during 1992 who were
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.100.4.585