Cost from Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions from Dentists Top $30M
Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing at dental appointments isn’t only an issue in terms of misuse and potential health effects for patients. It’s an expensive mistake, to the tune of some $31 million in excess costs to the US health-care system and patients.
A research study called “Estimating the cost of inappropriate antibiotic prophylaxis prior to dental procedures” by Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology and recently reported on by Healio indicates that among the more than 167 million US adults who go to the dentist each year (65.8% of adults), 7,965,084 (4.8%) receive prophylactic antibiotics, with 6,617,132—more than 80%—prescribed inappropriately...
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A research study called “Estimating the cost of inappropriate antibiotic prophylaxis prior to dental procedures” by Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology and recently reported on by Healio indicates that among the more than 167 million US adults who go to the dentist each year (65.8% of adults), 7,965,084 (4.8%) receive prophylactic antibiotics, with 6,617,132—more than 80%—prescribed inappropriately...
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