Marked differences in GPs' diagnosis of pneumonia between Denmark and Spain: A cross-sectional study

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 454-458

  Christensen, Sarah Friis ^a   Jørgensen, Lars Christian ^a   Cordoba, Gloria ^a   Llor, Carl ^b   Siersma, Volkert ^a   Bjerrum, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Denmark; General practice; Overdiagnosis; Pneumonia; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SPAIN; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888637575     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2013.00093     Document Type: Article

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