Antibiotic prescribing in primary care, adherence to guidelines and unnecessary prescribing - An Irish perspective

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS; TONSILLITIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 84861436855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-43     Document Type: Article

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