Costs of appropriate and inappropriate use of antibiotics in the emergency department

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 742-746

  Ojeniran, Moyinoluwa ^a   Shouval, Rivka ^a   Miskin, Ian N ^a,b   Moses, Allon E ^a   Shmueli, Amir ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescribing; Emergency department; Inappropriate cost

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG MONITORING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; ISRAEL;

EID: 78651407859     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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