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We analyzed the impact of annual, focused syndrome-specific ASP interventions on trends in long-duration antibiotic prescribing (LDAP).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was a retrospective, observational, multicenter cohort study from November 2020 through June 2025. All ambulatory encounters generating systemic antibiotic prescriptions within the healthcare enterprise were screened. Hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and infectious diseases encounters were excluded. Encounters generating \u22651 systemic antibiotic with &amp;gt;7 days duration were categorized as long-duration. Targeted departments (primary and urgent care) received direct intervention (eg, education, peer-comparison reporting, data tracking). LDAP was modeled over time by month and compared by diagnosis group (ASP-priority diagnoses vs nonpriority) and provider specialty department (ASP-targeted vs nontargeted) using linear regression models.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 642 579 encounters included, 42.2% were long duration. LDAP in ASP-targeted departments dropped from 46.8% to 34.8% (difference \u221212 percentage points [pp]), whereas nontargeted departments dropped from 45.5% to 39.1% (difference \u22126.4 pp). The estimated annual LDAP decrease was 3.4 pp in targeted versus 2.4 pp in nontargeted departments (difference 1.0 pp, P = .009). Within targeted departments, significant LDAP decreases were seen both in priority and nonpriority diagnoses, whereas nontargeted departments showed no change in LDAP in priority diagnoses. In a sensitivity analysis of nonpriority diagnoses, ASP-targeted departments had a larger estimated annual decrease in LDAP versus nontargeted (difference 1.4 pp, P &amp;lt; .001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Annual syndrome-specific ASP interventions correlated with improvements in LDAP, including outside of priority syndromes in targeted departments. 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