Differences in antibiotic treatment and utilization of diagnostic tests in Dutch primary care between natives and non-western immigrants

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 143-147

  Hogenhuis, Carolien C ^a   Grigoryan, Larissa ^a   Me Numans, Mattijs ^a   Verheij, Theo J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Diagnostic tests; General practice; Immigrant patients; Infectious diseases

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFLUENZA; LARYNGITIS; LEUKOCYTE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SINUSITIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONSILLITIS; TRACHEITIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956511069     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2010.505266     Document Type: Article

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