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Patterns and trends of antibacterial treatment in patients with urinary tract infections, 2015-2019: an analysis of health insurance data
CONCLUSIONS: Despite a clear trend toward a more guideline adherent prescription pattern, there is still room for improvement regarding the use of second-line antibiotics especially fluoroquinolones. The choice of antibiotics prescribed differs between specialities with higher uptake of guideline-recommended antibiotics by gynaecologists, mainly because of higher prescription shares of fosfomycin.PMID:35948891 | DOI:10.1186/s12875-022-01816-6
Source: Primary Care - August 10, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Guido Schmiemann Falk Hoffmann Axel Hamprecht Kathrin Jobski Source Type: research

Can you really choose a hospital based on the best price?
Consumerism in health care is coming to mean patients must shop around for the best price — for a doctor’s visit, Cipro, health insurance and maybe even your next operation. The marketplace gurus are telling us we can buy health care like TV sets and search for the lowest price tag.But can you really choose a place for surgery based on the best price? And more importantly, should you? Considering that more states will have large data bases with health insurance claim data and prices, which in the future may guide people to the cheapest medical services, these are not rhetorical questions.Continue reading ... Manage you...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 21, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Tags: Patient Health reform Hospital Surgery Source Type: blogs