Drug-specific quality indicators assessing outpatient antibiotic use among French general practitioners

Céline Pulcini, Caroline Lions (), Bruno Ventelou and Pierre Verger
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Céline Pulcini: SESSTIM - U912 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - IRD - Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Service d'infectiologie - CHU Nice - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice - Hôpital l'Archet, UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019)
Caroline Lions: SESSTIM - U912 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - IRD - Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
Pierre Verger: SESSTIM - U912 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - IRD - Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale

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Abstract: Quality indicators assessing the use of antibiotics among general practitioners (GPs) would be useful to target antibiotic stewardship interventions. We adapted to an individual GP level a set of 12 drug-specific quality indicators of outpatient antibiotic use in Europe developed by the European surveillance of antimicrobial consumption project. We performed a cross-sectional study analysing reimbursement data on outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in adults in south-eastern France in 2009. Substantial heterogeneity in antibiotic prescribing among French GPs was observed, and opportunity to improve antibiotic prescribing can be identified.

Keywords: *Quality Indicators; Health Care; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents/*therapeutic use; Cross-Sectional Studies; Drug Prescriptions/*statistics & numerical data; Drug Utilization/standards; Female; France; General practitioners; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Outpatients; Physician's Practice Patterns/standards; Reimbursement; Incentive/statistics & numerical data; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Published in European Journal of Public Health, 2013, 23 (2), pp.262-264. ⟨10.1093/eurpub/cks100⟩

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DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks100

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