Intervention with educational outreach at large scale to reduce antibiotics for respiratory tract infections: A controlled before and after study

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-187

  Smeets, H M ^a   Kuyvenhoven, M M ^a   Akkerman, A E ^a   Welschen, I ^a   Schouten, G P ^b   van Essen, G A ^a   Verheij, T J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Institute for Proper Use of Medicines   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Controlled study; Guideline implementation; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MACROLIDE; NITROFURAN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 66749173476     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp008     Document Type: Article

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