Use of antibiotics at hospitals in Stockholm: A benchmarking project using internet

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 465-471

  Bergman, Ulf ^a   Risinggård, Helena ^a   Vlahović Palčevski, Vera ^a,b   Ericsson, Örjan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Benchmarking; Drug utilisation; Feedback; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; ORTHOPEDICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

EID: 3242883535     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.898     Document Type: Article

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