Update on outpatient antibiotic prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic: United States, 2020–2022

Destani Bizune; Katryna Gouin; Lauren Powell; Adam L. Hersh; Lauri A. Hicks; Sarah Kabbani

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.398

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2024)

Update on outpatient antibiotic prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic: United States, 2020–2022

Destani Bizune,
Katryna Gouin,
Lauren Powell,
Adam L. Hersh,
Lauri A. Hicks,
Sarah Kabbani

Affiliations

Destani Bizune: ORCiD; Medical Product Safety Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Katryna Gouin: ORCiD; Medical Product Safety Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Lauren Powell: Medical Product Safety Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Adam L. Hersh: ORCiD; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Lauri A. Hicks: Medical Product Safety Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Sarah Kabbani: Medical Product Safety Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.398
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4

Abstract

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We updated a descriptive analysis of national outpatient antibiotic prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prescribing volume was lower during 2020 and January–June in 2021 and 2022 compared to corresponding baseline months in 2019. Prescribing approached or exceeded baseline during July–December of 2021 and 2022 for all antibiotics, especially for azithromycin.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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