Appropriate use of antibiotics shortens length of hospital stay;Goed antibioticagebruik verkort de opnameduur

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Geerlings, Suzanne E ^a   Hulscher, Marlies E J L ^b   Prins, Jan M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS;

EID: 84894326799     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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