Effects of internet-based training on antibiotic prescribing rates for acute respiratory-tract infections: A multinational, cluster, randomised, factorial, controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9899, 2013, Pages 1175-1182

  Little, Paul ^a   Stuart, Beth ^a   Francis, Nick ^c   Douglas, Elaine ^b   Tonkin Crine, Sarah ^a   Anthierens, Sibyl ^h   Cals, Jochen W L ^k   Melbye, Hasse ^l   Santer, Miriam ^a   Moore, Michael ^a   Coenen, Samuel ^h   Butler, Chris ^c   Hood, Kerenza ^c   Kelly, Mark ^c   Godycki Cwirko, Maciek ^d   Mierzecki, Artur ^e   Torres, Antoni ^g   Llor, Carl ^i,j   Davies, Melanie ^f   Mullee, Mark ^a   O'Reilly, Gilly ^a   Van Der Velden, Alike ^b   Geraghty, Adam W A ^a   Goossens, Herman ^h   Verheij, Theo ^b   Yardley, Lucy ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^e POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f Ely Bridge Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^j SEMFYC International Section   (Spain)

^k MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNET; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; INTERNET BASED TRAINING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 84884979664     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60994-0     Document Type: Article

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