Healthcare utilization associated with adherence to antibiotics for abdominal surgeries in Japan: cross-sectional analysis of administrative database

ConclusionThe results revealed that unnecessary healthcare utilization was associated with failure to adhere to therapeutic guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic therapy in elective general surgeries. We concluded that the progress of reduction in length of hospitalization over the decade was successful. Notably, adherence to treatment duration was better than that was 10 years ago. In this decade, administrators in hospitals have attempted to reduce the duration of hospitalization by developing various clinical pathways for surgical procedures and quality indicators. However, 15  877 patients (8.7%) were prescribed oral antibiotics the day after surgery. These observations should be evaluated further.
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research