Doctor characteristics and prescribing antibiotics for urinary tract infections: The experience of an Asian country

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1221-1226

  Lin, Yi Chun ^a   Lin, Hsiu Chen ^a   Lin, Herng Ching ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

broad spectrum antibiotics; prescribing behaviour; urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; TAIWAN; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 78650606746     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01299.x     Document Type: Article

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