Diagnostic ability and inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions: A quasi-experimental study of primary care providers in rural China

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 256-263

  Xue, Hao ^a   Shi, Yaojiang ^b   Huang, Lei ^b   Yi, Hongmei ^c   Zhou, Huan ^d   Zhou, Chengchao ^e   Kotb, Sarah ^f   Tucker, Joseph D ^g,h   Sylvia, Sean Y ⁱ  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^g North Carolina Central University   (China)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG MARKETING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PATIENT SIMULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RURAL AREA; ADULT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON-RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 85059254742     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dky390     Document Type: Article

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