Results of a national study on the awareness of and attitudes toward acute otitis media (AOM) among clinicians and the estimated direct healthcare costs in Turkey (TR-AOM Study)

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 756-761

  Dinleyici, Ener Cagri ^a   Yuksel, Fatih ^a   Yargic, Zeynel Abidin ^a   Unalacak, Murat ^a   Unluoglu, Ilhami ^a  

^a OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Children; Cost; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFDINIR; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OTOSCOPY; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 84876712130     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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