Time of day and the decision to prescribe antibiotics

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2029-2031

  Linder, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Doctor, Jason N ^c   Friedberg, Mark W ^a,b,d   Reyes Nieva, Harry ^a,b   Birks, Caroline ^b,e   Meeker, Daniella ^d   Fox, Craig R ^f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TIME; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84919469896     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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