Antibiotics and return visits for respiratory illness: A comparison of pooled versus hierarchical statistical methods

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 319, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 360-365

  Pan, Qin ^a   Ornstein, Steven ^a   Gross, Alan J ^a   Hueston, William J ^a   Jenkins, Ruth G ^a   Mainous III, Arch G ^a   Silverstein, Marc D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic medical records; Hierarchical models; Meta analysis; Practice based research network; Respiratory illness

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SINUSITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0034125341     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200006000-00003     Document Type: Article

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