Confidential prescriber feedback and education to improve antibiotic use in primary care: A controlled trial

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 388-392

  Hux, Janet E ^a,b,c,e   Melady, Michele P ^a,d   DeBoer, Donald ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e Institutefor Clinical Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DRUG FORMULARY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 0033600601     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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