Effects of pay-for-performance based antimicrobial stewardship on antimicrobial consumption and expenditure: An interrupted time series analysis.

Heliyon · 2024 · PMC11226823 · PMID 38975216

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a decreasing trendP = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

After that, the increasing trend turned into a decreasing trend, declining at a rate of 3.70 DDDs/100PD ( P = 0.06) per month.

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an increasing trendP = 0.29not close (p > 0.1)

4 C): An increasing trend at a rate of 1.80 DDDs/100PD ( P = 0.29) per month was observed in the pre-intervention period.

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