Association between Physician Intensity of Antibiotic Prescribing and the Prescription of Benzodiazepines, Opioids and Proton-Pump Inhibitors to Nursing Home Residents: a Population-Based Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prescribing patterns for episodic medications, such as antibiotics, might make useful surrogate measures of a physician's overall prescribing practice because use is common, and variation exists across prescribers. However, the extent to which a physician's current antibiotic prescribing practices are associated with the rate of prescription of other potentially harmful medications remains unknown.

Objective

To examine the association between a physician's rate of antibiotic prescribing and their prescribing rate of benzodiazepines, opioids and proton-pump inhibitors in older adults.

Design

Population-based cohort study in nursing homes in Ontario, Canada, which provides comprehensive clinical, behavioural and functional information on all patients.

Part

SUBMITTER: Quinn KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6854144 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature