Assessment of the appropriateness of antibiotic prescriptions in Lesotho public hospitals: A novel methodology based on principles of antibiotic prescribing

Journal of Public Health in Africa

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Adorka, Matthias ^a   Mitonga, Honoré Kabwebwe ^a   Lubbe, Martie ^b   Serfontein, Jan ^b   Allen, Kirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y ASISTENCIA EN TECNOLOGÍA Y DISEÑO DEL ESTADO DE JALISCO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alternative method; Antibiotic prescriptions; Appropriateness; Bacterial aetiologies; Lesotho

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LESOTHO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PROGRAM APPROPRIATENESS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 85006354359     PISSN: 20389922     EISSN: 20389930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jphia.2014.354     Document Type: Article

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