Determinants of antibiotic dispensing without a medical prescription: A cross-sectional study in the north of Spain

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3156-3160

  Zapata Cachafeiro, Maruxa ^a   González González, Cristian ^a   Váquez Lago, Juan M ^a   López Vázquez, Paula ^a,b   López Durán, Ana ^a   Smyth, Ernesto ^a,c   Figueiras, Adolfo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Galician Ministry of Health   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic usage; Antimicrobial resistance; Pharmacists

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; TRENDS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHARMACISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN;

EID: 84926447247     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku229     Document Type: Article

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