Antibiotic prescription: Knowledge among physicians and nurses in western Sweden

Carlsson, Fredrik, 1968 (author): Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik,Department of Economics

Jacobsson, Gunnar, 1960 (author): Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biomedicin, avdelningen för infektionssjukdomar,Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Infectious Medicine

Lampi, Elina, 1967 (author): Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik,Department of Economics

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Abstract Subject headings

Misuse and overuse of antibiotics are common in primary care. Guidelines for prescribing of antibiotics are often not followed We conducted a survey of 120 health centers in western Sweden to investigate to what extent physicians and nurses think they know and comply with the guidelines for prescribing of antibiotics. A large majority of the respondents answered that they know the guidelines well. However, many also believed that physicians/nurses in general know less about and are worse at following the guidelines than themselves, indi-cating optimism bias. According to the respondents the main reason for non-compliance with guidelines was patient expectations. The survey also showed that both physicians' and nurses' actual knowledge of when it is effective to prescribe antibiotics is incomplete. Interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic therapy in primary care should target the failing congruence between the perceived knowledge of guidelines for antibiotic therapy and actual knowledge.

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