Osteopathic physicians in the United States: Antibiotic prescribing practices for patients with nonspecific upper respiratory tract infections

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 450-455

  Sun, Chao ^a,b   Jew, Sherman ^a   Dasta, Susan L ^a  

^a KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ACUTE SINUSITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DATABASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 33748480116     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 00986151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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