A nationwide survey of physician office visits found that inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions were issued for bacterial respiratory tract infections in ambulatory patients

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 414-420

  Huang, Boji ^a   Martin, Steven J ^b   Bachmann, Kenneth A ^b   He, Xuming ^c   Reese, James H ^b   Wei, Ying ^d   Iwuagwu, Cletus ^e  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Bacterial respiratory infections; National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW;

EID: 18044380147     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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