Researchers surveyed 1,550 internal, family and pediatric medicine physicians in the U.S. from August 2018 to October 2018.
Five study findings:
1. A majority (94 percent) of physicians acknowledged that antibiotic resistance is an issue in the U.S.
2. However, 55 percent said it was not a concern in their own practices.
3. Overall, respondents ranked antibiotic resistance as less important than other health issues such as obesity, opioids and vaccine hesitancy.
4. Ninety-one percent of physicians said antibiotic stewardship programs are appropriate for physician offices.
5. Forty-seven percent of respondents said they’d need a lot of help implementing a stewardship program.
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