The volume-quality relationship in antibiotic prescribing: When more isn't better

Inquiry (United States)

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-3

  Gidengil, Courtney A ^a,b   Linder, Jeffrey A ^c   Hunter, Gerald ^a   Setodji, Claude ^a   Mehrotra, Ateev ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Antibiotic prescribing; Primary care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923648623     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: 19457243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0046958015571130     Document Type: Article

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