Antibiotic prescribing in Australian general practice: How has it changed from 1990-91 to 2002-03?

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2004-2011

  Pan, Ying ^a   Henderson, Joan ^a   Britt, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Family practice; Guidelines; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33749328166     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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