Perceptions among Swedish hospital physicians on prescribing of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Bjorkman I ^a,b   Berg, J ^a   Roing M ^b   Erntell, M ^c   Lundborg, C S ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SWEDEN;

EID: 78650411569     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.029199     Document Type: Article

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