A multifaceted intervention to improve antimicrobial prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in a small rural community

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 546-553

  Rubin, Michael A ^a   Bateman, Kim ^b   Alder, Stephen ^a   Donnelly, Sharon ^b   Stoddard, Gregory J ^a   Samore, Matthew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HEALTHINSIGHT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFDINIR; CEFIXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LORACARBEF; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 13944250230     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427500     Document Type: Article

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