Valuing reduced antibiotic use for pediatric acute otitis media

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 669-673

  Meropol, Sharon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Child; Cost benefit analysis; Decision support techniques; Drug resistance; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PEDIATRICS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42949102624     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1914     Document Type: Article

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