Antibiotic prescribing of village doctors for children under 15 years with upper respiratory tract infections in rural China A qualitative study

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 95, Issue 23, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Zhixia ^a   Zhan, Xingxin ^a   Zhou, Hongjun ^b   Sun, Fang ^a   Zhang, Heng ^a,b   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^c   Liu, Qian ^a   Li, Yingxue ^a   Yan, Weirong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Xianning Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic stewardship; Primary health care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VILLAGE DOCTOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHINA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84975497130     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000003803     Document Type: Article

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