scholarly journals Increase in Urgent Care Center Visits for Sexually Transmitted Infections, United States, 2010–2014

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
William S. Pearson ◽  
Guoyu Tao ◽  
Karen Kroeger ◽  
Thomas A. Peterman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Urgent Care ◽  
Urgent Care Center ◽  
Sexually Transmitted

scholarly journals Urgent Care Center and Retail Health Clinic Utilization Among Adults: United States, 2019

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey Black ◽  
Dzifa Adjaye-Gbewonyo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Urgent Care ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Urgent Care Center ◽  
The Past ◽  
Clinic Visits

This report examines urgent care center or retail health clinic visits among adults in the past 12 months by sex and selected characteristics.

scholarly journals Association of a Clinician’s Antibiotic-Prescribing Rate With Patients’ Future Likelihood of Seeking Care and Receipt of Antibiotics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuo Shi ◽  
Michael L Barnett ◽  
Anupam B Jena ◽  
Kristin N Ray ◽  
Kathe P Fox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Clinical Improvement ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Patient Characteristics ◽  
Urgent Care ◽  
Antibiotic Prescribing ◽  
Random Assignment ◽  
Urgent Care Center ◽  
Respiratory Illnesses

Abstract Background One underexplored driver of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory illnesses (ARI) is patients’ prior care experiences. When patients receive antibiotics for an ARI, patients may attribute their clinical improvement to the antibiotics, regardless of their true benefit. These experiences, and experiences of family members, may drive whether patients seek care or request antibiotics for subsequent ARIs. Methods Using encounter data from a national United States insurer, we identified patients <65 years old with an index ARI urgent care center (UCC) visit. We categorized clinicians within each UCC into quartiles based on their ARI antibiotic prescribing rate. Exploiting the quasi-random assignment of patients to a clinician within an UCC, we examined the association between the clinician’s antibiotic prescribing rate to the patients’ and their spouses’ rates of ARI antibiotic receipt in the subsequent year. Results Across 232,256 visits at 736 UCCs, ARI antibiotic prescribing rates were 42.1% and 80.2% in the lowest and highest quartile of clinicians, respectively. Patient characteristics were similar across the four quartiles. In the year after the index ARI visit, patients seen by the highest-prescribing clinicians received more ARI antibiotics (+3.0 fills/100 patients (a 14.6% difference), 95% CI 2.2–3.8, P < 0.001,) versus those seen by the lowest-prescribing clinicians. The increase in antibiotics was also observed among the patients’ spouses. The increase in patient ARI antibiotic prescriptions was largely driven by an increased number of ARI visits (+5.6 ARI visits/100 patients, 95% CI 3.6–7.7, P < 0.001), rather than a higher antibiotic prescribing rate during those subsequent ARI visits. Conclusions Receipt of antibiotics for an ARI increases the likelihood that patients and their spouses will receive antibiotics for future ARIs.

scholarly journals Neighborhood Health Care Access and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Women in the Southern United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle F. Haley ◽  
Andrew Edmonds ◽  
Nadya Belenky ◽  
DeMarc A. Hickson ◽  
Catalina Ramirez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Care Access
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