Quality of antibiotic prescription during office hours and out-of-hours in Flemish primary care, using European quality indicators

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 114-120

  Adriaenssens, Niels ^a   Bartholomeeusen, Stefaan ^b   Ryckebosch, Philippe ^a   Coenen, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibacterials; Drug therapy; Evidence based medicine; Primary care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ACUTE SINUSITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; SINUSITIS; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WORKING TIME; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTITIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUINOLONES; SINUSITIS; TONSILLITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892447622     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2013.828200     Document Type: Article

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