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- Title
A Safety-Net Antibiotic Prescription for Otitis Media: The Effects of a PBRN Study on Patients and Practitioners.
- Authors
Siegel, Robert M.; Bien, James; Lichtenstein, Philip; Davis, James; Khoury, Jane C.; Knight, Jamie E.; Kiely, Michele; Bernier, Jeralyn
- Abstract
Pediatricians can decrease antibiotic use by treating acute otitis media (AOM) with a safety-net antibiotic prescription (SNAP). This study assessed whether the practitioners of the Practice-Based Research Network who participated in the study continued to use the SNAP and report a 60-day follow-up of the study patients. Charts were reviewed of study patients for 60 days following study enrollment. A survey on antibiotic use for AOM was mailed to the 17 study practitioners (SP) and 30 randomly selected community pediatricians (CP). Eight of the SP used the SNAP more than 20 times over the year following the study vs 1 of the CE Sixty-two percent of patients never received antibiotics. The recurrence/relapse rate was greater in children younger than 2 years old compared to those older, 34% vs 10%. Practitioners who participate in a Practice-Based Research Network study are more likely to use a study intervention than others.
- Subjects
ACUTE otitis media; THERAPEUTICS; ANTIBIOTICS; DRUGS; PEDIATRICIANS; MEDICAL practice; DRUG administration; DISEASE relapse; JUVENILE diseases
- Publication
Clinical Pediatrics, 2006, Vol 45, Issue 6, p518
- ISSN
0009-9228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0009922806290567