Facility-Level Correlates of Antimicrobial Use in Nursing Homes

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-176

  Loeb, Mark ^a,d,e   McGeer, Allison ^b   Simor, Andrew ^b   Walter, Stephen D ^a   Bradley, Suzanne ^c   Low, Donald E ^b   Moss, Lorraine ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HAMILTON REGIONAL LABORATORY MEDICINE PROGRAM   (Canada)

^e HENDERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEEDING APPARATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342290031     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502373     Document Type: Article

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