Antibiotic prescribing in primary care: First choice and restrictive prescribing are two different traits

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-109

  Van Roosmalen, M S ^a   Braspenning, J C C ^a   De Smet, P A G M ^a   Grol, R P T M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FENITICILLIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN V; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYSIPELAS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SINUSITIS; URETHRITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34247097897     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.018580     Document Type: Article

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