Influence of patient payment on antibiotic prescribing in Irish general practice: A cohort study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 590, 2011, Pages

  Murphy, Marion ^a   Byrne, Stephen ^b   Bradley, Colin P ^a  

^a Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Fees, medical; General practice; Patient expectation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION FEES; PRIVATE PRACTICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455217926     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X593820     Document Type: Article

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