SEP 1, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Stewardship blind spot? Antibiotic use across outpatient pediatric subspecialty clinics
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
A descriptive analysis of prescribing patterns across clinic types using administrative data, identifying variation and opportunities for intervention but without comparison to guidelines, outcomes, or a control group to establish whether prescribing is inappropriate.
Reported
UCC antibiotic prescription rate28.8%
PCC antibiotic prescription rate5.4%
SCC antibiotic prescription rate1.8%