Open AccessDo general practitioners' consultation rates influence their prescribing patterns of antibiotics for acute respiratory tract infections?
Author(s) -
Svein Gjelstad,
Jørund Straand,
Ingvild Dalen,
Arne Fetveit,
Hans H. Strøm,
Morten Lindbæk
Publication year - 2011
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/dkr295
Subject(s) - respiratory tract infections , antibiotics , medicine , intensive care medicine , respiratory tract , respiratory system , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
To examine general practitioners' (GPs') antibiotic prescribing patterns for acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) as compared with national guidelines. We also wanted to explore possible predictors of antibiotic prescription patterns.
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