Cognitive reflection and antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections

Conclusions.
In contrast to our hypothesis, there appears to be a ‘sweet-spot’ of cognitive reflection for antibiotic prescribing for non-antibiotic-appropriate ARIs. Differences in clinicians’ cognitive reflection may be associated with other variations in care.

Source: Family Practice - July 3, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Pineros, D. B., Doctor, J. N., Friedberg, M. W., Meeker, D., Linder, J. A. Tags: Health Service Research Source Type: research