Long-term effects of an educational seminar on antibiotic prescribing by GPs: A randomised controlled trial

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 612, 2013, Pages

  Le Corvoisier, Philippe ^c   Renard, Vincent ^e   Roudot Thoraval, Françoise ^c   Cazalens, Thierry ^d   Veerabudun, Kalaivani ^e   Canoui Poitrine, Florence ^b   Montagne, Olivier ^a   Attali, Claude ^e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d National Health Insurance Fund   (France)

^e Groupe Hospitalier Henri Mondor ^*

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Antibiotic prescriptions; Education; General practitioners; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STANDARDIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME;

EID: 84880537930     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X669176     Document Type: Article

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