Ambulatory antibiotic use and prescription drug coverage in older adults

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1308-1314

  Zhang, Yuting ^a   Lee, Bruce Y ^b   Donohue, Julie M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MACROLIDE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG COSTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MACROLIDES; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICARE PART D; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUINOLONES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955487312     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.235     Document Type: Article

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