Governance structure reform and antibiotics prescription in community health centres in Shenzhen, China

Family Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 311-318

  Liang, Xiaoyun ^a   Xia, Tingsong ^b   Zhang, Xiulan ^a   Jin, Chenggang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Baoan Bureau of Health   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics prescription; China; Community health centre; Governance structure reform

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; LINCOMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84901489084     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmu001     Document Type: Article

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