Treatment of acute otitis media in general practice: Quality variations across countries

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-68

  Hansen, Malene Plejdrup ^a   Jarbol, Dorte Ejg ^a   Gahrn hansen, Bente ^b   Depont christensen, Rene ^a   Munck, Anders ^a   Ellegaard trankjær ryborg, Christina ^a   Bjerrum, Lars ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Family practice; Otitis media; Purulent otitis media; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLAVULANIC ACID; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENMARK; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

EID: 84856140636     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr042     Document Type: Article

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