Pediatric telemedicine visits may increase antibiotic overprescribing

20:00 EDT 7 Apr 2019 | AAAS

(University of Pittsburgh) Children with acute respiratory infections were prescribed antibiotics more often during direct-to-consumer telemedicine visits than during in-person primary care appointments or urgent care visits, according to UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh research reported today in Pediatrics.

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