Public reporting influences antibiotic and injection prescription in primary care: A segmented regression analysis

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 597-603

  Liu, Chenxi ^a   Zhang, Xinping ^a   Wan, Jie ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

antibiotics; injections; interrupted time series analysis; public reporting; rational use of medicine; segmented regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC REPORTING OF HEALTH CARE PERFORMANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MALE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84938215666     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12343     Document Type: Article

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