Misaligned perceptions lead to pediatric antibiotic overprescribing
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Duke University Sep 23 2025 Researchers from USC and Duke report that the persistent "know-do gap" - where clinicians know guidelines but practice differently - is the primary driver of antibiotic overprescribing for pediatric diarrhea in India's private sector, not lack of knowledge, point-of-sale profits, or stockouts of clinically recommended treatments such as oral rehydration salts (ORS). In a sample of 2,282 private providers across 253 towns, 70 percent prescribed antibiotics without
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