Antibiotic prescriptions are associated with increased patient satisfaction with emergency department visits for acute respiratory tract infections

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 934-941

  Stearns, Cordelia R ^a,b   Gonzales, Ralph ^c   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^d   Maselli, Judith ^c   Metlay, Joshua P ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Patient satisfaction; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350041063     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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