Patient presentation and physician management of upper respiratory tract infections: A retrospective review of over 5 million primary clinic consultations in Hong Kong

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kung, Kenny ^a   Wong, Carmen Ka Man ^a,d   Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan ^a   Lam, Augustine ^b   Chan, Christy Ka Yan ^a   Griffiths, Sian ^a   Butler, Chris ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Pharmacology; Primary care; Upper respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84901303153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-95     Document Type: Article

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