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Patient-Provider Race And Sex Concordance: New Insights Into Antibiotic Prescribing For Acute Bronchitis, Jake R. Morgan, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Cindy Christiansen, Tamar F. Barlam
Patient-Provider Race And Sex Concordance: New Insights Into Antibiotic Prescribing For Acute Bronchitis, Jake R. Morgan, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Cindy Christiansen, Tamar F. Barlam
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice
Objective: To examine whether patient and provider concordance by sex or race predicts antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis.
Study setting: General Internal Medicine and Family Medicine adult clinics at a large safety-net hospital.
Study design: We used a logistic model of prescribing as a function of race and sex concordance.
Data extraction: Data were extracted from de-identified patient records for those with an acute bronchitis visit between 2008 and 2010.
Principal findings: 71% (95% CI 68%-73%) of visits resulted in an antibiotic prescription. Patients in race-concordant visits were 17% (95% CI 8%-25%) less likely to receive …