Factors influencing primary care physicians to prescribe antibiotics in Delhi India

Family Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 684-690

  Kotwani, Anita ^a   Wattal, Chand ^b   Katewa, Shashi ^a   Joshic, P C ^a   Holloway, Kathleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; India; Prescribing behaviour; Primary care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DRUG MISUSE; EXPECTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUNDED THEORY; INDIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 78649349614     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmq059     Document Type: Article

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