Race, otitis media, and antibiotic selection

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1059-1066

  Fleming Dutra, Katherine E ^a   Shapiro, Daniel J ^b   Hicks, Lauri A ^c   Gerber, Jeffrey S ^d   Hersh, Adam L ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Children; NAMCS; NHAMCS; Otitis media; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MACROLIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; RACE; ADOLESCENT; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFANT; MACROLIDES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENTAL CONSENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84913553383     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-1781     Document Type: Article

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