Health alliance for prudent prescribing, yield and use of antimicrobial drugs in the treatment of respiratory tract infections (happy audit)

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bjerrum, Lars ^a,k   Munck, Anders ^a   Gahrn Hansen, Bente ^a   Hansen, Malene Plejdrup ^a   Jarboel, Dorte ^a   Llor, Carl ^b   Cots, Josep Maria ^b   Hernndez, Silvia ^b   Lápez Valcrcel, Beatriz Gonzlez ^c   Pérez, Antõia ^c   Caballero, Lidia ^d   Von Der Heyde, Walter ^d   Radzeviviene, Ruta ^e   Jurgutis, Arnoldas ^e   Reutskiy, Anatoliy ^f   Egorova, Elena ^f   Strandberg, Eva Lena ^g   Ovhed, Ingvar ^g   Molstad, Sigvard ^g   Vander Stichele, Robert ^h   Benko, Ria ^h   Vlahovic Palcevski, Vera ^h   Lionis, Christos ⁱ   Rønning, Marit ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b SEMFYC International Section   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^d Misiones Association of General Family Medicine   (Argentina)

^e Public Health Department   (Lithuania)

^f Association of Family Doctors   (Russian Federation)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h European Drug Utilisation Research Group   (Belgium)

ⁱ World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) Europe   (Slovenia)

^j World Health Organisation   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STANDARD;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CLINICAL AUDIT; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77951133592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-29     Document Type: Article

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