Burden of ambulatory visits and antibiotic prescribing patterns for adults with community-acquired pneumonia in the United States, 1998 Through 2009

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1520-1522

  Wortham, Jonathan M ^a   Shapiro, Daniel J ^b   Hersh, Adam L ^c   Hicks, Lauri A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; MACROLIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907010421     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3456     Document Type: Letter

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