Description of national antibiotic prescribing rates in U.S. long-term care facilities, 2013-2021

Katryna A Gouin; Stephen Creasy; Mary Beckerson; Martha Wdowicki; Lauri A Hicks; Sarah Kabbani

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.457

Description of national antibiotic prescribing rates in U.S. long-term care facilities, 2013-2021

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024 Nov 21;4(1):e209. doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.457. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Katryna A Gouin¹, Stephen Creasy², Mary Beckerson², Martha Wdowicki², Lauri A Hicks¹, Sarah Kabbani¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
² PharMerica, A BrightSpring Health Services Company, Louisville, KY, USA.

Abstract

Long-term care pharmacy dispensing data from 2013 to 2021 were used to characterize antibiotic prescribing data in U.S. long-term care facilities. Overall antibiotic prescribing rates decreased from 2013 to 2021, mostly due to decreases in fluoroquinolones and macrolides. Tracking antibiotic use in long-term care settings can help identify opportunities for optimizing prescribing practices.