Antimicrobial Stewardship—Qualitative and Quantitative Outcomes: The Role of Measurement

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Septimus, Ed ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial stewardship; Antimicrobial stewardship measures

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84920280352     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-014-0433-x     Document Type: Review

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