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Unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in children hospitalised for asthma exacerbation: a retrospective national cohort study

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  • Marcella J Jewell Institute of Healthcare Delivery and Population Science, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • JoAnna Leyenaar Department of Pediatrics and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Meng-Shiou Shieh Institute of Healthcare Delivery and Population Science, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Penelope S Pekow Institute of Healthcare Delivery and Population Science, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mihaela Stefan Institute of Healthcare Delivery and Population Science, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA Division of Hospital Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Peter K Lindenauer Institute of Healthcare Delivery and Population Science, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA Division of Hospital Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Ms Marcella J Jewell, Institute of Healthcare Delivery and Population Science, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, USA; marcella.jewell{at}baystatehealth.org
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Jewell MJ, Leyenaar J, Shieh M, et al
Unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in children hospitalised for asthma exacerbation: a retrospective national cohort study
BMJ Quality & Safety 2021;30:292-299.

Publication history

  • Received December 20, 2019
  • Revised April 17, 2020
  • Accepted April 25, 2020
  • First published May 18, 2020.
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March 18, 2021

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