Reduction of antibiotics sales and sustained low incidence of bacterial resistance: Report on a broad approach during 10 years to implement evidence-based indications for antibiotic prescribing in Jönköping County, Sweden

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-67

  Malmvall, B E ^a,b   Molstad S ^b,c   Darelid, J ^a   Hiselius, A ^a   Larsson, L ^d   Swanberg, J ^a   Abom P E ^e  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Unit of Research and Development in Primary Care   (Sweden)

^d Eksjö Primary Care Center   (Sweden)

^e Department of Communicable Disease Control ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotic sales; Bacterial resistance; Evidence based indications for antibiotics; Phenoximethylpenicillin; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN V;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PENICILLIN V; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATE MEDICINE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846444970     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019514-200701000-00008     Document Type: Article

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