Community-wide pushes beat individual doctors at cutting unnecessary antibiotics

A systematic review finds that getting entire communities—patients, pharmacists, and physicians—to change antibiotic habits works better than targeting doctors alone. The finding matters because antibiotic resistance costs healthcare systems billions annually and undermines treatment for infections worldwide.

Originaltitel: 'If you want to go far, go together'-community-based behaviour change interventions to improve antibiotic use: a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence