Factors Associated with Antimicrobial Drug Use in Medicaid Programs

Using US Medicaid data, we found that 52% of adult Medicaid patients with acute respiratory tract infections filled prescriptions for antimicrobial drugs in 2007. Factors associated with lower likelihood of use were higher county-level availability of primary care physicians and state-level particip...

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Main Authors: Pengxiang Li, Joshua P. Metlay, Steven C. Marcus, Jalpa A. Doshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/5/13-0493_article