Physicians' antibiotic prescribing behavior in Taiwan, 1998-2011

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1439-1441

  Iqbal, Usman ^a   Syed Abdul, Shabbir ^a   Nguyen, Phung Anh ^a   Jian, Wen Shan ^a   Li, Yu Chuan ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; PHYSICIAN; TIME FACTOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928898372     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ038     Document Type: Letter

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