Impact of clinical decision support on receipt of antibiotic prescriptions for acute bronchitis and upper respiratory tract infection

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1091-1097

  McCullough, J Mac ^a   Zimmerman, Frederick J ^b   Rodriguez, Hector P ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; ETHNICITY; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; RACE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG UTILIZATION; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929046748     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002648     Document Type: Article

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