Do patients get the best deal when antibiotics are prescribed out of hours?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 159-162

  Lark, K A ^a   Phillips, C E ^a,b  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Compliance; Out of hours prescribing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COST SAVINGS; DRUG COSTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0030981515     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.14.3.159     Document Type: Article

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