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Unnecessary Antibiotics for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections: Association With Care Setting and Patient Demographics

Background. Up to 40% of antibiotics are prescribed unnecessarily for acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs). We sought to define factors associated with antibiotic overprescribing of ARTIs to inform efforts to improve practice. Methods. We conducted a retrospective analysis of ARTI visits betwe...

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Autores principales: Barlam, Tamar F., Soria-Saucedo, Rene, Cabral, Howard J., Kazis, Lewis E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4800455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27006968
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw045

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