Clinician-targeted interventions to influence antibiotic prescribing behaviour for acute respiratory infections in primary care: An overview of systematic reviews

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Tonkin Crine, Sarah K G ^a   Tan, Pui San ^a   van Hecke, Oliver ^a   Wang, Kay ^a   Roberts, Nia W ^b   Mccullough, Amanda ^c   Hansen, Malene Plejdrup ^d   Butler, Christopher C ^a   Del Mar, Chris B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CALCITONIN;

ADVERSE EVENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSULTATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCALCITONIN GUIDED MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RAPID TEST; REMINDER SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SHARED DECISION MAKING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 85028962269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012252.pub2     Document Type: Review

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