Urgent care centers often prescribe unnecessary antibiotics

Urgent care centers often prescribe unnecessary antibiotics

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Reuters
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Patients with common colds and respiratory illnesses may be more likely to get antibiotics - which don’t work for these conditions - when they go to an urgent care clinic, a U.S. study suggests.

Overall, 39 percent of visits to urgent care centers resulted in antibiotic prescriptions, the study found.