Antibiotic-stewardship practices at top academic centers throughout the United States and at hospitals throughout Massachusetts

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 695-703

  Barlam, Tamar F ^a,c   DiVall, Margarita ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULARY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASSACHUSETTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 33747708727     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503346     Document Type: Review

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