Impact of postgraduate education on physician practice for community-acquired pneumonia

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 389-395

  Ikai, Hiroshi ^a   Morimoto, Takeshi ^a   Shimbo, Takuro ^a   Imanaka, Yuichi ^a   Koike, Kaoru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

antibiotics; community acquired pneumonia; length of stay; longitudinal studies; physician's practice patterns; professional education

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SPUTUM CULTURE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858119772     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01594.x     Document Type: Article

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