Reducing unnecessary antibiotics prescribed to children: What next?

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 533-534

  Mehrotra, Ateev ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; CONSULTATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOTE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EXAMINATION;

ANTIBIOTICS; UTILIZATION;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE;

EID: 84895126090     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-4016     Document Type: Note

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