How long does a cough last? Comparing patients' expectations with data from a systematic review of the literature

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-13

  Ebell, Mark H ^a   Lundgren, Jerold ^a   Youngpairoj, Surasak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Bacterial; Bronchitis; Cough; Drug resistance; Natural history

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COUGH; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872323887     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1430     Document Type: Article

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