Recent trends in outpatient antibiotic use in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 375-385

  Vaz, Louise Elaine ^a,b   Kleinman, Kenneth P ^b   Raebel, Marsha A ^c,d   Nordin, James D ^e   Lakoma, Matthew D ^b   Dutta Linn, M Maya ^b   Finkelstein, Jonathan A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Health Partners Institute for Education and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Otitis media; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTPATIENT; PHARMACY; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SINUSITIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ANTIBIOTICS; OTITIS MEDIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NEW ENGLAND; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895172396     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2903     Document Type: Article

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