The antibiotic prescription and redemption gap and opportunistic CRP point-of-care testing. A crosssectional study in primary health care from Eastern Austria

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 105-110

  Hoffmann, Kathryn ^a   Leifheit, Anna Katharina ^a   Reichardt, Berthold ^b   Maier, Manfred ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b BGKK Social health insurance company of the county Burgenland   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescriptions; Austria; CRP point of care testing; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN TEST KIT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RAPID TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRESCRIPTIONS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84883891641     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: 16137671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-013-0323-5     Document Type: Article

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