Multicentre evaluation of prescribing concurrence with anti-infective guidelines: Epidemiological assessment of indicators

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 361-372

  Fijn, Roel ^a,d   Chow, Man Chie ^a   Schuur, Pauline M H ^b,c   De Jong Van Den Berg, Lolkje T W ^a   Brouwers, Jacobus R B J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Service of Northern Friesland   (Netherlands)

^c General Hospital de Tjongerschans   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anti infectives; Infectious diseases; Non concurrent prescribing; Pharmacoepidemiology; Prescription audit; Regional pharmacotherapeutic treatment

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGEON; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0036633306     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.723     Document Type: Article

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