Effectiveness of the implementation of a clinical program (CP) for the management of acute pharyngitis in adults;Efectividad de la aplicación de un protocolo clínico para el manejo de la faringitis aguda en adultos

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-29

  Irurzun, C ^a   Gonzalez M ^a   Urtasun, M ^a   Recondo, María ^a,b  

^a Servicio de Clinica Medica de Hospital Nacional Professor Dr Alejandro Posadas   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Health care; Managed care programs; Pharyngitis; Quality assurance; Streptococcal infections; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARYNGITIS; QUALITY CONTROL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 14344264697     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13071041     Document Type: Article

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