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Friday, June 17, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From
Health Affairs
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Antibiotic Prescriptions
Inappropriate use of antibiotics in humans is a major driver of
antimicrobial resistance, and rates are high and growing in lower- and
middle-income countries.
In their paper in the June 2022 issue of Health Affairs, Jessica King
and coauthors examine antibiotic prescribing in Tanzania.
The authors conducted a randomized field experiment in 227 private
health facilities in Tanzania, with standardized patients presenting
uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infection symptoms.
Standardized patients were randomly assigned to express knowledge
(informed) or not (uninformed) that antibiotics were not required to
treat them.
There was a very high rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescription,
with 86.0 percent of informed standardized patients and 94.8 percent of
uninformed standardized patients prescribed an antibiotic.
The authors write, "Taken with this existing evidence, our findings
suggest that broader intervention is needed beyond patient education to
reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescription in Tanzania."
Read The Study
Reducing Disparities in Telemedicine
As the US enters a new phase of pandemic recovery with virtual care
firmly established as a care modality, telehealth regulations, models,
and payments must transform for long-term sustainability.
To guide the implementation of equitable telehealth strategies, Jen Lau
and Janine Knudsen from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
recommend that health care draw inspiration from public health.
In their perspective piece
on Sanuja Bose and coauthors' findings featured in the May issue of
Health Affairs
,
Lau and Knudsen describe how health care providers and systems can learn
from the equity-based pandemic response infrastructure developed by the
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which is the largest public
health agency in the US.
Read The Perspective
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Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Scott Krugman and Daniel Rauch
discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the existing crisis in
pediatric hospital care
,
with many facilities closing down pediatric units.
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Daily Digest
Reducing Disparities In Telemedicine: An Equity-Focused, Public Health
Approach
Jen Lau and Janine Knudsen
Pushy Patients Or Pushy Providers? Effect Of Patient Knowledge On
Antibiotic Prescribing In Tanzania
Jessica King et al.
An Unexpected Shortage: Hospital Beds For Children
Scott D. Krugman and Daniel Rauch
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