Prescribers' indications for drugs in childhood: A survey of five European countries (Spain, France, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Russia)

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1784-1790

  Sanz, Emilio J ^a   Hernández, Miguel A ^a   Ratchina, Svetla ^b   Stratchounsky, Leonid ^b   Peiré, Maria Asuncion ^c   Mestre, Maryse Lapeyre ^d   Horen, Bernard ^d   Kriska, Milan ^e   Krajnakova, Halina ^e   Momcheva, Hristina ^f   Encheva, Daniela ^f   Martínez Mir, Inocencia ^g   Palop, Vicente ^h  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b VOLGOGRAD STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^e Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^f Ministry of Health Sofia   (Bulgaria)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Child; Drug utilization; Prescriptions; Primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; PENICILLIN G;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; BULGARIA; COMMON COLD; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; EUROPE; FEVER; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SLOVAKIA; SPAIN; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BULGARIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; EXPECTORANTS; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RUSSIA; SLOVAKIA; SPAIN; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 31544472892     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250510040250     Document Type: Review

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