Using risk adjustment to improve the interpretation of global inpatient pediatric antibiotic prescribing.

OBJECTIVES:Assessment of regional pediatric last-resort antibiotic utilization patterns is hampered by potential confounding from population differences. We developed a risk-adjustment model from readily available, internationally used survey data and a simple patient classification to aid such comp...

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Main Authors: Julia A Bielicki, Mike Sharland, Ann Versporten, Herman Goossens, David A Cromwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6034826?pdf=render