A computer-assisted management program for antibiotics and other antiinfective agents

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 232-238

  Evans, R Scott ^a   Pestotnik, Stanley L ^a   Classen, David C ^a   Clemmer, Terry P ^a   Weaver, Lindell K ^a   Orme Jr , James F ^a   Lloyd, James F ^a   Burke, John P ^a  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0032556943     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199801223380406     Document Type: Article

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