Prescription strategies in acute uncomplicated respiratory infections a randomized clinical trial

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 21-29

  De La Poza Abad, Mariam ^a   Dalmau, Gemma Mas ^b   Bakedano, Mikel Moreno ^c   González, Ana Isabel González ^d,e,f   Criado, Yolanda Canellas ^g   Anadón, Silvia Hernández ^h   Del Campo, Rafael Rotaeche ^f,i   Monserrat, Pere Torán ^j,k   Palma, Antonio Negrete ^k   Ortiz, Laura Muñoz ^j   Thió, Eulàlia Borrell ^l   Llor, Carl ^m   Little, Paul ⁿ   Alonso Coello, Pablo ^b,f,o  

^a Doctor Carles Ribas Primary Care Center   (Spain)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c Irurtzun Primary Care Center   (Spain)

^d Vicente Muzas Primary Care Center   (Spain)

^e Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas   (Spain)

^f SemFYC   (Spain)

^g Monovar Primary Care Center   (Spain)

^h Primary Care Center Jaume I   (Spain)

ⁱ Kronikgune Group about Knowledge Management   (Spain)

^j Jordi Gol University Institute for Research Primary Healthcare   (Spain)

^k El Maresme Primary Care Center   (Spain)

^l Sant Roc Primary Care Centre   (Spain)

^m Via Roma Primary Care Center ^*  (Spain)

ⁿ Aldermoor Primary Care Center   (United Kingdom)

^o CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84954481414     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7088     Document Type: Article

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