Development of standardized methods for analysis of changes in antibacterial use in hospitals from 18 European countries: The European surveillance of antimicrobial consumption (ESAC) longitudinal survey, 2000-06

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2685-2691

  Ansari, F ^a   Molana, H ^a   Goossens, H ^b   Davey, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drug utilization; Statistics; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DRUG USE; EUROPE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHARMACY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREND STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78149488893     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq378     Document Type: Article

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