Decreasing differences in first-line therapy for respiratory infections in urgent cares, results of a multi-institutional quality improvement collaborative
Despite local interventions to reduce differences in prescribing, we noted a widening of the ΔFLT by race. More work is needed to understand causes of these disparities and develop effective interventions that improve equitable antibiotic prescribing.
Authors
- Amanda C. Nedved (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5564-3762)
- Victoria Parente (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0112-537X)
- Rana F. Hamdy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7536-3020)
- Rana E. El Feghaly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7533-1144)
- Matthew P. Kronman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1856-6841)
- L. Sainz Comas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9249-1983)
- Adam L. Hersh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0148-046X)
- Brian Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1337-1105)
Institutions
- Children's Mercy Hospital (US)
- Duke University (US)
- George Washington University (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- National Hospital (IN)
- University of Missouri–Kansas City (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10322
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00