Health Alliance for prudent antibiotic prescribing in patients with respiratory tract infections (HAPPY AUDIT) -impact of a non-randomised multifaceted intervention programme

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bjerrum, Lars ^a,b   Munck, Anders ^b   Gahrn Hansen, Bente ^b   Hansen, Malene Plejdrup ^b   Jarbol, Dorte Ejg ^b   Cordoba, Gloria ^b   Llor, Carl ^c   Cots, Josep Maria ^c   Hernández, Silvia ^c   Lápez Valcárcel, Beatriz González ^d   Pérez, Antonia ^d   Caballero, Lidia ^e   Von Der Heyde, Walter ^e   Radzeviciene, Ruta ^f   Jurgutis, Arnoldas ^f   Reutskiy, Anatoliy ^g   Egorova, Elena ^g   Strandberg, Eva Lena ^h   Ovhed, Ingvar ^h   Mölstad, Sigvard ^h   Stichele, Robert Vander ⁱ   Benko, Ria ⁱ   Vlahovic Palcevski, Vera ⁱ   Lionis, Christos ^j   Rønning, Marit ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c SEMFYC International Section   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^e Misiones Association of General Family Medicine   (Argentina)

^f KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^g Association of Family Doctors   (Russian Federation)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ European Drug Utilisation Research Group   (Belgium)

^j World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) Europe   (Slovenia)

^k World Health Organisation   (Norway)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79959235089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-52     Document Type: Article

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