Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in managed care subjects with influenza

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 601-608

  Misurski, Derek A ^a   Lipson, David A ^a   Changolkar, Arun K ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFPROZIL; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN V;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80052995270     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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