Continued high rates of antibiotic prescribing to adults with respiratory tract infection: Survey of 568 UK general practices

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Gulliford, Martin C ^a   Dregan, Alex ^a   Moore, Michael V ^b   Ashworth, Mark ^a   Van Staa, Tjeerd ^c,d   McCann, Gerard ^c   Charlton, Judith ^a   Yardley, Lucy ^b   Little, Paul ^b   McDermott, Lisa ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICINES AND HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS REGULATORY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; COMMON COLD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EPIGLOTTITIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LARYNGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOSINUSITIS; SORE THROAT; TONSILLITIS; TRACHEITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUGH; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMON COLD; COUGH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911893030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006245     Document Type: Article

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