Impact of COVID-19 on urgent care diagnoses and the new AXR metric

Adam L. Hersh; Edward A. Stenehjem; Nora Fino; Emily S. Spivak

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.62

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2024)

Impact of COVID-19 on urgent care diagnoses and the new AXR metric

Adam L. Hersh,
Edward A. Stenehjem,
Nora Fino,
Emily S. Spivak

Affiliations

Adam L. Hersh: ORCiD; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Edward A. Stenehjem: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
Nora Fino: Urgent Care, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Emily S. Spivak: ORCiD; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.62
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4

Abstract

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We examined the antibiotic prescribing rate for respiratory diagnoses (AXR) before and after onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in urgent care clinics. At the onset, AXR declined substantially due to changes in case mix. Using AXR as a stewardship metric requires monitoring of changes in case mix.

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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