Antibiotic prescribing practice in residential aged care facilities - Health care providers' perspectives

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 98-102

  Lim, Ching Jou ^h   Kwong, Megan W L ^a   Stuart, Rhonda L ^b,i   Buising, Kirsty L ^c,d   Deborah Friedman, N ^e   Bennett, Noleen J ^f   Cheng, Allen C ^g,i   Peleg, Anton ^g,i   Marshall, Caroline ^a,d   Kong, David C M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^f Melbourne Health   (Australia)

^g ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FOCUS GROUPS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VICTORIA; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84904614529     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.00102     Document Type: Article

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