Can implementation science help to overcome challenges in translating judicious antibiotic use into practice?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1471-1473

  Gonzales, Ralph ^a,b   Ackerman, Sara ^a   Handley, Margaret ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCIENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENTS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 84868291237     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.532     Document Type: Note

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