Antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections at retail clinics, physician practices, and emergency departments

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 294-302

  Mehrotra, Ateev ^a,b,e   Gidengil, Courtney A ^a,b,c   Setodji, Claude M ^b   Burns, Rachel M ^b   Linder, Jeffrey A ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULTAMICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOSINUSITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINUSITIS; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928410383     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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