Determinants of prescribing of second-choice antibiotics for upper and lower respiratory tract episodes in Dutch general practice

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 420-422

  van Duijn, Huug J ^a   Kuyvenhoven, Marijke M ^a   Schellevis, François G ^b   Verheij, Theo J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

National guidelines; Pharmaceutical representatives; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MACROLIDE; NEW DRUG; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG MARKETING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 23844464607     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki214     Document Type: Article

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