Relation of time spent in an encounter with the use of antibiotics in pediatric office visits for viral respiratory infections

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1145-1149

  Coco, Andrew ^a,b,c   Mainous, Arch G ^a,b,c,d  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; COMMON COLD; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 28744440297     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.12.1145     Document Type: Article

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