Effects of Timely Antibiotic Administration and Culture Acquisition on the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 195-202

  Hood, Hugh M ^a   Allman, Richard M ^b   Burgess, Patricia A ^a   Farmer, Robert ^a   Xu, Wen ^a  

^a Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032435983     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286069801300405     Document Type: Article

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