Nearly half of patients received an unneeded prescription — three times as often as how patients with the same illnesses are treated in traditional doctors’ offices, an analysis found.
Urgent Care Clinics Are Prescribing Too Many Unnecessary Antibiotics, Study Says
By Lena H. Sun, Washington Post U.S.
Mon, 07/16/2018 - 11:10am
Topics: patients
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