Small area variations and welfare loss in the use of outpatient antibiotics

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-77

  Filippini, Massimo ^a,b   Masiero, Giuliano ^a,c   Moschetti, Karine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OUTPATIENT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SWITZERLAND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OUTPATIENTS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62649094094     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S174413310800460X     Document Type: Article

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