Long-Term Effectiveness of Financial Incentives for Not Prescribing Unnecessary Antibiotics to Children With Acute Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Infections: Japan's Nationwide Quasi-Experimental Study
Financial incentives effectively reduced antibiotic prescriptions in children without adverse health outcomes, demonstrating sustained benefits over 4 years. This antimicrobial stewardship intervention offers a scalable model for other countries aiming to curb antibiotic overuse and combat antimicrobial resistance.
Authors
- Isao Miyairi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3886-9089)
- Kazuhiro Uda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2262-6130)
- Yusuke Okubo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1169-2893)
Institutions
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Okayama University (JP)
- Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (JP)
- National Center For Child Health and Development (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-11-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae577
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.98