Antibiotic prescribing frequency amongst patients in primary care: A cohort study using electronic health records

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1818-1824

  Shallcross, Laura ^a   Beckley, Nick ^b   Rait, Greta ^b   Hayward, Andrew ^a   Petersen, Irene ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAINDICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEX FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85022178397     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkx048     Document Type: Article

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