Views on respiratory tract symptoms and antibiotics of Dutch general practitioners, practice staff and patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 342-347

  van Duijn, Huug J ^a   Kuyvenhoven, Marijke M ^a   Schellevis, François G ^b   Verheij, Theo J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; General practitioners; Patients; Practice staff; Respiratory tract symptoms; Views

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; OTALGIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SORE THROAT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; COUGH; DRUG UTILIZATION; EARACHE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SMOKING;

EID: 33646757559     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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