Empiric treatment of uncomplicated UTI in women: Wasting money when more is not better

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 437-441

  Kahan, Natan R ^a,b,d   Chinitz, D P ^b   Waitman, D A ^a   Kahan, E ^c  

^a Leumit Health Fund   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Kupat Cholim Leumit   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drug utilization; Electronic patient records; Empiric antibiotic treatment; Guidelines; Pharmacoeconomics; Uncomplicated urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FOSFOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYSTITIS; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NITROFURANTOIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 7644230511     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2004.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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