Variation in outpatient antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in the Veteran population a cross-sectional study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 73-80

  Jones, Barbara Ellen ^a   Sauer, Brian ^a   Jones, Makoto M ^a   Campo, Jose ^b   Damal, Kavitha ^c   He, Tao ^a   Ying, Jian ^d   Greene, Tom ^d   Goetz, Matthew Bidwell ^a   Neuhauser, Melinda M ^e   Hicks, Lauri A ^f   Samore, And Matthew H ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Knapp Medical Group   (United States)

^c Kansas City Veterans Affairs Health Care System   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e Surgical Services Edward Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SINUSITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VETERAN; ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84938281598     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-1933     Document Type: Article

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