Antimicrobial use at a university hospital: Appropriate or misused? A qualitative study

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-174

  Vlahovic Palcevski, V ^a   Francetic, I ^b   Palcevski, G ^c   Novak, S ^a   Abram, M ^a   Bergman, U ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial use; Hospital; Kunin's quality criteria; Quality

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33947234704     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CPP45169     Document Type: Article

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