The relationship between treatment objectives and practice patterns in the management of urinary tract infections

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-139

  Flach, Stephen D ^a,e   Longenecker, J Craig ^d   Tape, Thomas G ^a   Bryan, Teresa J ^c   Parenti, Connie ^b   Wigton, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic testing; Practice patterns; Resource utilization; Treatment objectives; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0037348138     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X03251242     Document Type: Article

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