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To evaluate national trends in oral antimicrobial prescribing by office-based physicians between 1980 and 1992, focusing on treatments for otitis media and sinusitis.

January 18, 1995JAMA

Trends in Antimicrobial Drug Prescribing Among Office-Based Physicians in the United States

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To evaluate national trends in oral antimicrobial prescribing by office-based physicians between 1980 and 1992, focusing on treatments for otitis media and sinusitis.
Analyzed data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey across 1980, 1985, 1989, and 1992, sampling 2,959, 5,032, 2,540, and 3,000 office-based US physicians, respectively.
Evaluated 46,081 (1980), 71,594 (1985), 38,384 (1989), and 34,606 (1992) patient visit records to calculate population-adjusted annual prescription rates for specific antimicrobial classes.
Annual prescription rates increased for expensive, broad-spectrum antimicrobials, including cephalosporins, while rates for narrower-spectrum drugs like penicillins decreased.
Prescription rates remained unchanged across the study period for trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, erythromycins, and tetracyclines.
Physician visit rates rose over the decade for otitis media, and adult sinusitis visit rates were higher in 1992 than in any prior survey year.

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Survey analysis reveals shifting prescribing toward broad-spectrum antimicrobials in office visits, indicating rising costs and resistance risks.

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Linda F. McCaig (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a08eaec817c69ba7be4b542 https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1995.03520270048030

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Survey analysis reveals shifting prescribing toward broad-spectrum antimicrobials in office visits, indicating rising costs and resistance risks.

Trends in Antimicrobial Drug Prescribing Among Office-Based Physicians in the United States

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