Understanding variation in quality of antibiotic use for community-acquired pneumonia: effect of patient, professional and hospital factors | Zendy

Jeroen Schouten | Zendy; Marlies Hulscher | Zendy; Bart Jan Kullberg | Zendy; Anton Cox | Zendy; Inge C. Gyssens | Zendy; J W van der Meer | Zendy; Richard Grol | Zendy

Open Access

Understanding variation in quality of antibiotic use for community-acquired pneumonia: effect of patient, professional and hospital factors

Author(s) -

Jeroen Schouten,

Marlies Hulscher,

Bart Jan Kullberg,

Anton Cox,

Inge C. Gyssens,

J W van der Meer,

Richard Grol

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dki275

Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , community acquired pneumonia , guideline , medical prescription , logistic regression , emergency medicine , emergency department , pneumonia , psychological intervention , intensive care medicine , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , psychiatry , pharmacology

To develop effective and targeted interventions to improve care for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), insight is needed into the factors that influence the quality of antibiotic use. Therefore, we measured the performance of nine quality indicators and studied determinants of variation in the quality of antibiotic use.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research