How do community practitioners decide whether to prescribe antibiotics for acute respiratory tract infections?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1615-1620

  Wigton, Robert S ^a,e   Darr, Carol A ^b   Corbett, Kitty K ^c   Nickol, Devin R ^a   Gonzales, Ralph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics for acute respiratory tract illness; Bronchitis; Duration of illness; Judgment analysis; Patient factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 51649124637     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0707-9     Document Type: Article

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