Using machine learning to examine drivers of inappropriate outpatient antibiotic prescribing in acute respiratory

Laura M King1, Michael Kusnetsov2, Avgoustinos Filippoupolitis2

  • 1Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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