Factors influencing antibiotic-prescribing decisions among inpatient physicians: A qualitative investigation

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1065-1072

  Livorsi, Daniel ^a   Comer, Amber ^b   Matthias, Marianne S ^a,c   Perencevich, Eli N ^d,e   Bair, Matthew J ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; DECISION MAKING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84958520746     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.136     Document Type: Article

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