Are antibiotics over-prescribed in Poland? Management of upper respiratory tract infections in primary health care region of Warszawa, Wola

Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 445-449

  Windak, A ^a   Tomasik, T ^a   Jacobs, H M ^b   De Melker, R A ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Netherlands; Poland; Prescription rates

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BED REST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLAND; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINUSITIS; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLAND; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SINUSITIS; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0029950472     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/13.5.445     Document Type: Article

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