Effect of an outpatient antimicrobial stewardship intervention on broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing by primary care pediatricians a randomized trial

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 2345-2352

  Gerber, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Prasad, Priya A ^a   Fiks, Alexander G ^a,b   Localio, A Russell ^a,b   Grundmeier, Robert W ^a,b   Bell, Louis M ^a,b   Wasserman, Richard C ^c   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 COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE SINUSITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; OFF GUIDELINE PRESCRIBING; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; UNITED STATES; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84878830513     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.6287     Document Type: Article

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