A regional analysis of outpatient antibiotic prescribing in Germany in 2010

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 397-399

  Augustin, Jobst ^a   Mangiapane, Sandra ^b   Kern, Winfried V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians Staff Unit for Strategic Analyses and IT Consulting   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939514541     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv050     Document Type: Article

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