@article{4818dc6c29844e64ab99ce981ed2585c,
title = "Misuse of discharge antimicrobial prescription in the emergency department: An observational study at a tertiary care center",
abstract = "We conducted a restrospective cohort study of patients discharged from the emergency department at a tertiary care center with an antimicrobial prescription. More than half of the prescribed antimicrobials were misused and frequently inappropriate for various infectious diseases. In this study, we analyzed the physician-related and environment-related factors predicting misuse.",
author = "Yasuaki Tagashira and Naofumi Yamane and Satoshi Miyahara and Azusa Orihara and Yuki Uehara and Keiichi Hiramatsu and Hitoshi Honda",
note = "Funding Information: Financial support. This work was funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI) (Grant no. JP18K17347). Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No reported conflicts of interest. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.",
year = "2019",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1093/ofid/ofz016",
language = "English",
volume = "6",
journal = "Open Forum Infectious Diseases",
issn = "2328-8957",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "2",
}