Open Forum Infectious Diseases • Vol 10 • No Supplement_2
1205. Antibiotic-prescribing for all respiratory tract diagnoses across a network of walk-in clinics: clinician-level variation and correlation with other performance metrics
November 2023 • Daniel J. Livorsi, G Clore, Dilek İnce, Kelly M Percival, Amy M. J. O’Shea, Nathan M. Shaw, Kimberly Dukes, Stacey Hockett Sherlock, Eli N. Perencevi…
Abstract Background It is unclear which stewardship metrics are most effective for audit and feedback to outpatient clinicians. In this study, we explored a metric that captures antibiotic-prescribing for all respiratory tract diagnoses to determine if it could serve as an appropriate metric for feedback. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study of in-person visits to the 7 walk-in clinics, including 3 Urgent Care locations, within University of Iowa Health Care during 2018-2022. Visits were categorized a…