Antibiotic prescribing practices in primary and secondary health care facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 625-634

  Kumar, R ^a   Indira, K ^b   Rizvi, A ^c   Rizvi, T ^c   Jeyaseelan, L ^d  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Maseeha Cancer Foundation   (India)

^d CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescribing practices; Government; Health facility; Private; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE;

ARTICLE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; FEVER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RHINORRHEA; RURAL AREA; SORE THROAT; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949118728     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: 13652710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2008.00960.x     Document Type: Article

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