Antibiotic Stewardship in Small Hospitals: Barriers and Potential Solutions

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 691-696

  Stenehjem, Edward ^a,b   Hyun, David Y ^c   Septimus, Ed ^d,e   Yu, Kalvin C ^f   Meyer, Marc ^g   Raj, Deepa ^c   Srinivasan, Arjun ^h  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f Southern California Permanente Medical Group   (United States)

^g Southwest Health System   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic prescribing appropriateness; antibiotic stewardship; small community hospital

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS';

EID: 85026891701     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix407     Document Type: Article

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