Use and feasibility of delayed prescribing for respiratory tract infections: A questionnaire survey

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Høye, Sigurd ^a   Frich, Jan C ^a   Lindbæk, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955961329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-34     Document Type: Article

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