Effects of patient beliefs regarding the need for antibiotics and prescribing outcomes on patient satisfaction in urgent-care settings.

Authors :: Cziner MJ
Park DE
Hamdy RF
Rogers LA
Turner MM
Liu CM
Source :: Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE [Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol] 2023 Apr 26; Vol. 3 (1), pp. e83. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 26 (Print Publication: 2023).
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: We studied how patient beliefs regarding the need for antibiotics, as measured by expectation scores, and antibiotic prescribing outcome affect patient satisfaction using data from 2,710 urgent-care visits. Satisfaction was affected by antibiotic prescribing among patients with medium-high expectation scores but not among patients with low expectation scores.<br />Competing Interests: All authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.<br /> (© The Author(s) 2023.)

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