Antimicrobial prescribing in the USA for adult acute pharyngitis in relation to treatment guidelines

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1176-1183

  Hong, Steven Y ^a   Taur, Ying ^b   Jordan, Michael R ^c   Wanke, Christine ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

guidelines; health education; infectious disease; pharmacoepidemiology; physician behaviour

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755187780     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01495.x     Document Type: Article

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