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Microbiological point of care testing before antibiotic prescribing in primary care: considerable variations between practices

BACKGROUND: Point-of-care testing (POCT) in primary care may improve rational antibiotic prescribing. We examined use of POCT in Denmark, including patient- and general practitioner (GP)-related predictors. METHODS: We linked nationwide health care databases to assess POCT use (C-reactive protein (C...

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Autores principales: Haldrup, Steffen, Thomsen, Reimar W., Bro, Flemming, Skov, Robert, Bjerrum, Lars, Søgaard, Mette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5270219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28125965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-016-0576-y