Low-value antibiotic prescribing and clinical factors influencing patient satisfaction.

CONCLUSIONS: Patient satisfaction scores are slightly lower when antibiotics are not prescribed for AS, but 75% of those encounters still received favorable satisfaction scores. Factors such as older patient age, more comorbidities, and an established patient-provider relationship had stronger associations with high patient satisfaction.
PMID: 29087630 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - October 1, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Sharp AL, Shen E, Kanter MH, Berman LJ, Gould MK Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research