Impact of a multidisciplinary intervention on antibiotic use for nursing homeAcquired Pneumonia

American Journal Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Linnebur, Sunny A ^a   Fish, Douglas N ^a   Ruscin, J Mark ^b   Radcliff, Tiffany A ^a,c   Oman, Kathy S ^a   Fink, Regina ^a   Van Dorsten, Brent ^a   Liebrecht, Debra ^a   Fish, Ron ^a   McNulty, Monica ^a   Hutt, Evelyn ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

academic detailing; antibacterial agents; guideline adherence; nursing homes; physician practice patterns; pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; PHARMACIST; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 83555165993     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: 18767761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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