The more time spent on listening, the less time spent on prescribing antibiotics in general practice

Family Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 638-640

  Lundkvist, Jonas ^a   Åkerlind, Ingemar ^b,c   Borgquist, Lars ^b,d   Mölstad, Sigvard ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Unit Research/Develop Primary Care   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Health Science   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Consultations; Patient satisfaction; Prescriptions; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036899828     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/19.6.638     Document Type: Article

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