Personalized prescription feedback using routinely collected data to reduce antibiotic use in primary care a randomized clinical trial

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 176-183

  Hemkens, Lars G ^a   Saccilotto, Ramon ^b   Reyes, Selene Leon ^a   Glinz, Dominik ^a   Zumbrunn, Thomas ^b   Grolimund, Oliver ^c   Gloy, Viktoria ^a   Raatz, Heike ^a   Widmer, Andreas ^b   Zeller, Andreas ^d   Bucher, Heiner C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SASIS AG Solothurn   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERSONALIZED PRESCRIPTION FEEDBACK; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERUSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRAGMATIC CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERUSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 85014526464     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.8040     Document Type: Article

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