D. Livorsi

Novel antibiotic stewardship metrics and the quality of antibiotic prescribing for lower respiratory and urinary tract infection across 24 VA hospitals.

INTRODUCTION Some inpatient antibiotic use metrics have important limitations, including the absence of patient-level risk adjustment. To address this limitation, we previously developed two risk-standardized ratios (RSRs), one based on days of therapy (RSR-DOT) and the other on days of antibiotic spectrum coverage (RS...