Racial differences in antibiotic prescribing by primary care pediatricians

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 677-684

  Gerber, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Prasad, Priya A ^a   Localio, A Russell ^a,b   Fiks, Alexander G ^a,b   Grundmeier, Robert W ^a   Bell, Louis M ^a,b   Wasserman, Richard C ^c   Rubin, David M ^a,b   Keren, Ron ^a,b   Zaoutis, Theoklis E ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Children; Disparity; Outpatient; Race

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ACUTE SINUSITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84875999851     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2500     Document Type: Article

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