Antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections: A cross-sectional analysis of the ReCEnT study exploring the habits of early-career doctors in primary care

Family Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-55

  Dallas, Anthea ^a   Magin, Parker ^b,c   Morgan, Simon ^c   Tapley, Amanda ^c   Henderson, Kim ^c   Ball, Jean ^d   Scott, John ^c   Spike, Neil ^e,f   McArthur, Lawrie ^g   Van Driel, Mieke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c General Practice Training Valley to Coast   (United Kingdom)

^d HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e Victorian Metropolitan Alliance   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g Adelaide to Outback GP Training Program   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Drug resistance; Evidence based medicine; General practice; Graduate medical education; Microbial; Physician prescribing patterns

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN V; ROXITHROMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84922470055     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmu069     Document Type: Article

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