Study: Inappropriate antibiotic use still high despite educational efforts

Use rate lower in southeast Michigan, and among pediatricians

The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation(CHRT) today released an issue brief showing continued high rates of inappropriate antibiotic use, despite a 15-year national outreach campaign by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to educate providers and consumers on the dangers of antibiotic overuse.

To read the rest of this story, please follow this link to the full text on the CHRT's website:
http://www.chrt.org/news/press-releases/announcing-february-2011-issue-brief/.

Physicians / Providers

Pediatrics

Gary Lee Freed MD, MPH

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