Provider views on rapid diagnostic tests and antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections: A mixed methods study

Shana A. B. Burrowes; Tamar F. Barlam; Alexandra Skinner; Rebecca Berger; Pengsheng Ni; Mari-Lynn Drainoni

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0260598

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Provider views on rapid diagnostic tests and antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections: A mixed methods study

Shana A. B. Burrowes ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: shanab@bu.edu

Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Health Law Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6857-6207

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Tamar F. Barlam,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Alexandra Skinner,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Law Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-6937

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Rebecca Berger,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Pengsheng Ni,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (BEDAC) Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Mari-Lynn Drainoni

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Health Law Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America, Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences (CIIS), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Provider views on rapid diagnostic tests and antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections: A mixed methods study

Shana A. B. Burrowes,
Tamar F. Barlam,
Alexandra Skinner,
Rebecca Berger,
Pengsheng Ni,
Mari-Lynn Drainoni

Published: November 29, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260598

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