Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) are common diagnoses among pediatric patients, and a recent study of 449,630 pediatric ARTI visits found antibiotics were prescribed less often during telemedicine visits than in-person visits, as published in JAMA Network Open. Antibiotic prescriptions were written during 46.8% (95% confidence interval [CI], 45.1%-48.4%) of primary care in-person visits vs 34.6% (95% CI, 27.0%-42.3%) of primary care telemedicine visits with a difference of −12.1 (95% CI, −19.3 to −5.0) percentage …
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