Do general practitioners adhere to the guideline on infectious conjunctivitis? Results of the Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rietveld, Remco P ^a   Ter Riet, Gerben ^a,b   Bindels, Patrick J E ^a   Schellevis, François G ^c,d   Van Weert, Henk C P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Horten Zentrum   (Switzerland)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; EYE OINTMENT; FUSIDIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS CONJUNCTIVITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, VIRAL; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EPISODE OF CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 35348943365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-8-54     Document Type: Article

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