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<p>Researchers noted the problem does not generally involve the care patients receive in the hospital, but rather the prescriptions for antibiotics they receive upon discharge. Specifically, researchers found that 93% of the overly long antibiotic prescriptions they identified in their analysis were provided as patients were released from the hospital.</p>

Room for Improvement Regarding Antibiotic Prescriptions for Patients With Pneumonia

Researchers noted the problem does not generally involve the care patients receive in the hospital, but rather the prescriptions for antibiotics they receive upon discharge. Specifically, researchers found that 93% of the overly long antibiotic prescriptions they identified in their analysis were provided as patients were released from the hospital.