Association between parental satisfaction and antibiotic prescription for children with cough and cold symptoms

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 774-777

  Christakis, Dimitri A ^a,b,c,d   Wright, Jeffrey A ^a,b,c   Taylor, James A ^a,b,c   Zimmerman, Frederick J ^d  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 24944524824     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000176616.11643.17     Document Type: Article

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