Antimicrobial prescribing at a university hospital: Justified or 'just in case'. Testing a new scoring system as a key quality indicator

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 561-566

  Vlahović Palčevski, Vera ^a   Francetić, Igor ^b   Palčevski, Goran ^c   Novak, Srdan ^a   Bergman, Ulf ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial prescribing; Quality indicator; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFTRIAXONE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROATIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 23844439283     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1097     Document Type: Article

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