Visit complexity, diagnostic uncertainty, and antibiotic prescribing for acute cough in primary care: A retrospective study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Whaley, Lauren E ^a   Businger, Alexandra C ^a   Dempsey, Patrick P ^a   Linder, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Cough; Decision making; Diagnosis; Physicians; Primary care; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUGHING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; COUGH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84884301262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-120     Document Type: Article

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