American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 544-551, June 2009

Antibiotic prescribing for presumed nonbacterial acute respiratory tract infections☆

  • Sherrie L. Aspinall, PharmD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
    • VA Center for Medication Safety, Hines VA, Hines, IL 60141, USA
    • University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (151C-H), Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA. Tel.: +1 412 365 4969; fax: +1 412 365 4386.
    • ,
  • Chester B. Good, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
    • VA Center for Medication Safety, Hines VA, Hines, IL 60141, USA
    • University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    • ,
  • Joshua P. Metlay, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • ,
  • Maria K. Mor, PhD

      Affiliations

    • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
    • University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    • ,
  • Michael J. Fine, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
    • University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA

Received 16 July 2007; received in revised form 31 March 2008; accepted 10 April 2008.

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☆ Source of support: Dr Aspinall was a VA HSR&D Research Career Development Awardee (RCD 03-035) at the time of the study. Dr Fine was supported in part by a K-24 midcareer development award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (5K24 A101769). Financial support was provided by a pilot grant through the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion and an unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer, Inc. The Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion Intramural Review Committee and Pfizer, Inc, had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.

 Results were presented as a poster at the Health Services Research and Development National Meeting in Baltimore, MD, on February 17, 2005.

PII: S0735-6757(08)00325-2

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2008.04.015

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 544-551, June 2009

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