Visit complexity, diagnostic uncertainty, and antibiotic prescribing for acute cough in primary care: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Guidelines and performance measures recommend avoiding antibiotics for acute cough/acute bronchitis and presume visits are straightforward with simple diagnostic decision-making. We evaluated clinician-assigned diagnoses, diagnostic uncertainty, and antibiotic prescribing for acute cough...

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Autores principales: Whaley, Lauren E, Businger, Alexandra C, Dempsey, Patrick P, Linder, Jeffrey A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23957228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-14-120

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23957228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-14-120

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