Use of a Behavioral Economic Intervention to Reduce Antibiotic Prescription for Upper Respiratory Infections

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Conditions studied: Antibiotics, Upper Respiratory Infections, Safety-Net Hospitals, Behavioral Economics, Choosing Wisely

In brief

In an effort to implement Choosing Wisely guidelines and decrease patient harm, we will implement and evaluate a clinician audit-feedback and behavioral "nudge" initiative to reduce low-value antibiotics for URIs. Using a quasi-experiment (pre-post) design, antibiotic prescriptions for URI at LAC+USC Urgent Care Center (intervention site) vs. Olive View-UCLA Urgent Care Center (control site) will used to test the effects of behavioral "nudge" on antibiotic prescribing.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03464279

Run by

University of California, Los Angeles

People needed

2500

Starts

2015-05-29

Expected to finish

2018-03-30

Last updated by the study team

2018-05-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• all patient receiving treatment for Upper Respiratory Infections (defined by ICD codes EHR billable codes) at both LAC+USC Medical Center Urgent Care or Olive View-UCLA Medical Center

You may not qualify if…

• Patients not receiving treatment for Upper Respiratory Infections at both LAC+USC Medical Center Urgent Care or Olive View-UCLA Medical Center

Where it is running

• Los Angeles County +University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States

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