Antibiotic prescribing in dutch nursing homes: How appropriate is it?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 229-237

  van Buul, Laura W ^a   Veenhuizen, Ruth B ^a   Achterberg, Wilco P ^b   Schellevis, François G ^a,c   Essink, Rob T G M ^d   de Greeff, Sabine C ^e   Natsch, Stephanie ^f   van der Steen, Jenny T ^a   Hertogh, Cees M P M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d Dutch Institute for Rational Use of Medicine   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescribing; Nursing homes; Respiratory tract infection; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; DRUG UTILIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84924102609     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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