Management of lower urinary tract infection in women by Slovene GPs

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 452-456

  Car, Josip ^b   Švab, Igor ^b   Kersnik, Janko ^a   Vegnuti, Miljana ^b  

^a Inst of Pub Hlth Rep of Slovenia ^*  (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Family practice; Process assessment (health care); Task performance and analysis; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPEMIDIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVEA EXTRACT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SLOVENIA; TEA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SLOVENIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0043166421     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmg421     Document Type: Article

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