Small pharmacies are more likely to dispense antibiotics without a medical prescription than large pharmacies in Catalonia, Spain

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Llor, C ^a   Monnet, D L ^b   Cots, J M ^c  

^a Primary Healthcare Centre Jaume I   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c Primary Healthcare Centre La Marina   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SORE THROAT; SPAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; PHARMACY (SHOP); PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PHARMACIES; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 77955965206     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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