Behavioral Economics Interventions to Improve Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infections: a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Gong C, Zangwill K, Hay J, Meeker D, Doctor J. Behavioral Economics Interventions to Improve Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infections: a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2018, 34: 846-854. PMID: 29740788, PMCID: PMC6544688, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4467-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute respiratory infectionsQuality-adjusted life yearsInappropriate antibiotic prescriptionsAntibiotic prescriptionsBehavioral economic interventionsElectronic health recordsAntibiotic prescribingRespiratory infectionsProvider educationAccountable justificationSymptoms of ARIComputerized clinical decision supportIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioOutpatient antibiotic prescribingInappropriate antibiotic prescribingAssociated adverse eventsHealthcare resource utilizationTotal quality-adjusted life yearsHigher quality-adjusted life yearsCost-effectiveness ratioCDC surveillance dataPatients' electronic health recordsCost-effectiveness analysisUS societal perspectiveAdverse events