Behavioral interventions to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing: A randomized pilot trial

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Persell, Stephen D ^a   Doctor, Jason N ^b   Friedberg, Mark W ^c,d   Meeker, Daniella ^b,e   Friesema, Elisha ^a   Cooper, Andrew ^a   Haryani, Ajay ^a   Gregory, Dyanna L ^a   Fox, Craig R ^f   Goldstein, Noah J ^f   Linder, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d RAND   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Antibiotics; Behavioral economics; Clinical decision support; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE SINUSITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIBING; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNIST; MALE; MONITORING; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHARYNGITIS; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; ACUTE DISEASE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SINUSITIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRESCRIPTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 84982824846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1715-8     Document Type: Article

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