Do case vignettes accurately reflect antibiotic prescription?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1003-1009

  Lucet, Jean Christophe ^a   Nicolas Chanoine, Marie Hélène ^b   Lefort, Agnes ^b   Roy, Carine ^a   Diamantis, Sylvain ^a   Papy, Emmanuelle ^a   Riveros Palacios, Oscar ^a   le Grand, Jennifer ^b   Rioux, Christophe ^a   Fantin, Bruno ^b   Ravaud, Philippe ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; TREATMENT DURATION; VIGNETTE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION; PARIS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053148765     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661914     Document Type: Article

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