Is the "practice style" hypothesis relevant for general practitioners? An analysis of antibiotics prescription for acute rhinopharyngitis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1176-1184

  Mousquès, Julien ^a   Renaud, Thomas ^a   Scemama, Olivier ^b  

^a IRDES   (France)

^b Ancien Délégué Général de la Fédération de l'Hospitalisation Privée   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Decision making; France; General practitioners; Medical practice variation; Rhinopharyngitis; Upper respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLICY MAKING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOPHARYNGITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

FRANCE;

MOROCCAN PEPPER VIRUS;

EID: 77950040457     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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