Potential for reducing inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in English primary care

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2018, Pages ii36-ii43

  Smieszek, Timo ^a,b   Pouwels, Koen B ^a,b,c   Dolk, F Christiaan K ^a,c   Smith, David R M ^a   Hopkins, Susan ^a,d   Sharland, Mike ^e   Hay, Alastair D ^f   Moore, Michael V ^g   Robotham, Julie V ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; ENGLAND; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SINUSITIS; SORE THROAT; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COUGH; ENGLAND; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SINUSITIS;

EID: 85042603084     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkx500     Document Type: Article

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