Variation in antibiotic prescribing and its impact on recovery in patients with acute cough in primary care: Prospective study in 13 countries

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7710, 2009, Pages 1545-

  Butler, C C ^a   Hood, K ^a   Verheij, T ^b   Little, P ^c   Melbye, H ^d   Nuttall, J ^a   Kelly, M J ^a   Molstad S ^e   Godycki Cwirko, M ^f   Almirall, J ^g   Torres, A ^h   Gillespie, D ^a   Rautakorpi, U ⁱ   Coenen, S ^j,k   Goossens, H ^j  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^g HOSPITAL DE MATARÓ   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁱ NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^k RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN V; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650064695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2242     Document Type: Article

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