Diagnosing infections: A qualitative view on prescription decisions in general practice over time

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 805-814

  Björnsdóttir, Ingunn ^a,b   Kristinsson, Karl G ^b,d   Hansen, Ebba Holme ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c FKL Research Centre for Quality in Medicine Use   (Denmark)

^d LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Diagnosis; Evidencebased medicine; Iceland; Infection; Physician's practice patterns

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUSITIS; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WORK EXPERIENCE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DECISION MAKING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952695825     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-010-9441-6     Document Type: Article

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