Impacts of Primary Care Physician System on Healthcare Utilization and Antibiotic Prescription: Difference-in-Differences and Causal Mediation Analyses

Conclusions: The health policy further increased antibiotic use. On April 2018, a new health policy of paying incentives for not prescribing antibiotics to children with respiratory infection or gastroenteritis was initiated. Further studies are needed whether this new health policy can mitigate the overutilization of healthcare and antibiotic use.
Source: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Antimicrobial Reports Source Type: research