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Potential utility of pharmacy data to measure antibiotic use in nursing homes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2019

Sarah Kabbani*
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Danielle L. Palms
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Monina Bartoces
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Joseph Marek
Affiliation:
Communicare, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Nimalie D. Stone
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Lauri A. Hicks
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Robin L.P. Jump
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) and Specialty Care Center of Innovation at the Louis Stokes Cleveland, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine and Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Sarah Kabbani, E-mail: nfq8@cdc.gov

Abstract

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