Antibiotic Prescriptions Associated With COVID-19 Outpatient Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries, April 2020 to April 2021

Sharon V Tsay; Monina Bartoces; Katryna Gouin; Sarah Kabbani; Lauri A Hicks

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.5471

Antibiotic Prescriptions Associated With COVID-19 Outpatient Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries, April 2020 to April 2021

JAMA. 2022 May 24;327(20):2018-2019. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.5471.

Authors

Sharon V Tsay¹, Monina Bartoces¹, Katryna Gouin¹, Sarah Kabbani¹, Lauri A Hicks¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

Abstract

This study of Medicare claims data examines the prescribing of antibiotics to older US patients who had outpatient visits for COVID-19 in an effort to address unnecessary antibiotic use for viral infections.

MeSH terms

Aged
Ambulatory Care / statistics & numerical data
Anti-Bacterial Agents* / therapeutic use
COVID-19* / complications
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Drug Prescriptions* / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Medicare* / statistics & numerical data
Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data
United States / epidemiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents