Factors that impact on emergency department patient compliance with antibiotic regimens

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 815-820

  Ho, Jiong ^a   Taylor, David McD ^b   Cabalag, Miguel S ^a   Ugoni, Antony ^a   Yeoh, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78449262901     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.081984     Document Type: Article

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