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Caregiver Symptom Misrepresentation to Obtain Antibiotics in Pediatric Encounters
15 affiliations
- 1Department of Population Health Sciences, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at University of Utah, Salt Lake City
- 2School of Liberal Arts and Education, CT State Community College Middlesex, Middletown, Connecticut
- 3Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora
- 4Veterans Affairs Denver Center for Innovation, Denver, Colorado
- 5Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham
- 6Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama
- 7Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at University of Utah, Salt Lake City
- 8Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- 9Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- 10Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor
- 11Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor
- 12Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at University of Utah, Salt Lake City
- 13Salt Lake City VA Informatics Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences Center for Innovation, Salt Lake City, Utah
- 14Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at University of Utah, Salt Lake City
- 15Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, MaineHealth Maine Medical Center, Portland
Abstract
This survey study examines the prevalence, reasons for, and characteristics associated with caregivers’ self-reported misrepresentation of symptoms to obtain antibiotics for their child.
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BibTeX
@article{thorpe2026caregiver,
title = {{Caregiver Symptom Misrepresentation to Obtain Antibiotics in Pediatric Encounters}},
author = {Alistair Thorpe and Andrea Gurmankin Levy and Laura D. Scherer and Rachael A. Lee and Julia E. Szymczak and Jeffrey T. Kullgren and Valerie M. Vaughn and William B. Petty and Isabelle L. Palmer and Christina Yen and Angela Fagerlin},
journal = {JAMA Network Open},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.39564},
url = {https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2856033},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Caregiver Symptom Misrepresentation to Obtain Antibiotics in Pediatric Encounters
AU - Alistair Thorpe
AU - Andrea Gurmankin Levy
AU - Laura D. Scherer
AU - Rachael A. Lee
AU - Julia E. Szymczak
AU - Jeffrey T. Kullgren
AU - Valerie M. Vaughn
AU - William B. Petty
AU - Isabelle L. Palmer
AU - Christina Yen
AU - Angela Fagerlin
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/01
JO - JAMA Network Open
DO - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.39564
UR - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2856033
AB - This survey study examines the prevalence, reasons for, and characteristics associated with caregivers’ self-reported misrepresentation of symptoms to obtain antibiotics for their child.
SN - 2574-3805
ER -