Antibiotic prescribing in long-term care facilities: A qualitative, multidisciplinary investigation

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Fleming, Aoife ^a   Bradley, Colin ^a   Cullinan, Shane ^a   Byrne, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONSULTATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WORK EXPERIENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NURSING HOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 84912000280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006442     Document Type: Article

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