Reduction of costs in antibiotic therapy;KOSTENREDUKTION IN DER ANTIBIOTIKA-THERAPIE. EINE PROSPEKTIVE STUDIE IN EINER UNIVERSITATSKLINIK

Krankenhauspharmazie

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 287-292

  Dietrich, Eva Susanne ^a,b   Schmid, Michael ^a,c,d   Bucher, Andrea ^a   Lemmen, Sebastian ^a   Frank, Uwe ^a  

^a Universitatskliniken Freiburg B ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d Inst F Umweltmedizin K

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Pharmacoeconomics; Reduction of costs

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031802040     PISSN: 01737597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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