Prescription of antibiotics and knowledge about antibiotic costs among physicians working in tertiary-care hospitals

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 375-378

  Maltezou, Helena C ^a   Maltezos, Efstratios ^b   Antoniadou, Anastasia ^c   Gourgoulis, Georgios Michael ^a   Katerelos, Panos ^a   Adamis, Georgios ^d   Petrikkos, George ^c   Gargalianos, Panagiotis ^d  

^a Department for Interventions in Health Care Facilities Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Brand name; Cost; Generic; Hospital; Physicians; Prescription

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84915758072     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: 19739478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1973947813Y.0000000160     Document Type: Article

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