GPs' antibiotic prescription patterns for respiratory tract infections still room for improvement

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 208-215

  Gjelstad, Svein ^a   Dalen, Ingvild ^a   Lindbæk, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Family practice; General practice; Predictors; Respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN V; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; PENICILLIN V; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 72449130031     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813430903438718     Document Type: Article

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