Association of Over-The-Counter Pharmaceutical Sales with Influenza-Like-Illnesses to Patient Volume in an Urgent Care Setting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Timothy Y ^a   Sanders, Jason L ^a   Tsui, Fu Chiang ^a,b   Espino, Jeremy U ^a,b   Dato, Virginia M ^a,d   Suyama, Joe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Real time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG MARKETING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CENTER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTION; PURCHASING; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; THERMOMETER;

AMBULATORY CARE; COMMERCE; COUGH; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875297407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059273     Document Type: Article

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