Do hospital physicians have a role in reducing antibiotic prescribing in the community?

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-158

  Macfarlane, John ^a   Holmes, W F ^b   Macfarlane, Rosamund ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Sherrington Park Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0034057817     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.2.153     Document Type: Review

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