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1 A Nationwide Analysis of Antibiotic Use in Hospice Care in the Final Week of Life 
Jennifer S. Albrecht, PhD, Jessina C. McGregor, PhD, Erik K. Fromme, MD, MCR, David T. Bearden, PharmD, Jon P. Furuno, PhD  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  Volume 46, Issue 4, Pages (October 2013) DOI: /j.jpainsymman Copyright © 2013 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Relationship between receiving antibiotics and having a documented infection among hospice discharges in the final week of care. Among 1028 patients who received an antibiotic in the final seven days of hospice care, only 129 (15%) had documentation of a potentially infectious indication for antibiotic use. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  , DOI: ( /j.jpainsymman ) Copyright © 2013 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions


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