Predictors of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Adult Primary Care

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 719-725

  Steinman, Michael A ^a,b   Landefeld, C Seth ^a,b   Gonzales, Ralph ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT CARE; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SINUSITIS; TRACHEITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037433181     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.6.719     Document Type: Article

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