Benchmarks for antibiotic use and cost in long-term care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1117-1122

  Mylotte, Joseph M ^a,b   Keagle, Jessica ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Benchmarking; Functional status; Infection; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LONG TERM CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENCHMARKING; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFECTION; NEW YORK; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24344442427     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53351.x     Document Type: Article

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