Variation in antibiotic prescribing costs in Danish general practice: An epidemiological pharmaco-economic analysis

International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-250

  Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a,b   Steffensen, Flemming Hald ^a,c   Nielsen, Gunnar Lauge ^a,c   Grøn, Poul ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d County of Viborg ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drug utilization; Epidemiology; Family practice

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DENMARK; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 0029746697     PISSN: 09246479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jrs-1996-8308     Document Type: Article

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