Guidelines adherence to lower urinary tract infection treatment in out-of-hours primary care in European countries

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 221-231

  Philips, Hilde ^a   Huibers, Linda ^b   Hansen, Elisabeth Hoim ^c,d   Christensen, Morten Bondo ^e   Leutgeb, Rüdiger ^f   Klemenc Ketis, Zalika ^g,h   Chmiel, Corinne ⁱ   Muñoz, Miguel Angel ^j   Kosiek, Katarzyna ^k   Remmen, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Uni Health   (Norway)

^d Haraldsplass Deaconess University College   (Norway)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^j Research Institute University Primary Care IDIAP Jordi Gol   (Spain)

^k MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

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Author keywords

After hours care; Anti infective agents; Guideline adherence; Primary healthcare; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84908161560     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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