Physician champions are key to improving antibiotic prescribing quality

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 109-116

  Aagaard, Eva M ^a   Gonzales, Ralph ^b,c   Camargo, Carlos A ^d   Auten, Ruthann ^e   Levin, Sara K ^f   Maselli, Judith ^b   Metlay, Joshua ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WRIGHT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951218990     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(10)36019-3     Document Type: Article

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