Antibiotic use for upper respiratory tract infections before and after a education campaign as reported by general practitioners in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1233, 2006, Pages

  Sung, Linda ^a   Arroll, Justine ^b   Arroll, Bruce ^b   Goodyear Smith, Felicity ^b   Kerse, Ngaire ^b   Norris, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEW ZEALAND; NOSE DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PUS; RANDOM SAMPLE; RECORDING; SINUSITIS; SPUTUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; TRAVEL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33646542985     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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