Strategies to promote prudent antibiotic use: Exploring the views of professionals who develop and implement guidelines and interventions

Family Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-95

  Tonkin crine, Sarah ^a   Yardley, Lucy ^b   Coenen, Samuel ^c   Fernandez vandellos, Patricia ^d   Krawczyk, Jaroslaw ^e   Touboul, Pia ^f   Verheij, Theo ^g   Little, Paul ^a  

^a Primary Care and Population Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic detailing; Antibacterial agents; Guideline adherence; Primary care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DRUG USE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPAIN; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84873849072     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cms043     Document Type: Article

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