National hospital antibiotic timing measures for pneumonia and antibiotic overuse

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-122

  Drake, Douglas E ^a   Cohen, Abigail ^b   Cohn, Jeffrey ^a  

^a EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Health care; Microbial; Pneumonia; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENCHMARKING; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248343435     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.QMH.0000267448.32629.f8     Document Type: Article

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