Facility-level variation in antibiotic prescriptions for veterans with upper respiratory infections

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 258-262

  Aspinall, Sherrie L ^a   Berlin, Jesse A ^b   Zhang, Yawei ^b   Metlay, Joshua P ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Drug utilization; Physician's practice patterns

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; SOLDIER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 16244400504     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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