Regional variations in community consumption of antibiotics in Hungary, 1996-2003

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-100

  Matuz, Maria ^a   Benko, Ria ^a   Doro, Peter ^a   Hajdu, Edit ^a   Nagy, Gabor ^b   Nagy, Erzsebet ^a   Monnet, Dominique L ^c   Soos, Gyongyver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b IMS PharmMIS Consulting Company   (Hungary)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibacterials; Community consumption; Determinants of antibiotic use; Drug utilization; Regional differences

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; LINCOSAMINE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HUNGARY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33644895086     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2005.02525.x     Document Type: Article

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