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Antibiotic prescribing in UK care homes 2016–2017: retrospective cohort study of linked data

BACKGROUND: Older people living in care homes are particularly susceptible to infections and antibiotics are therefore used frequently for this population. However, there is limited information on antibiotic prescribing in this setting. This study aimed to investigate the frequency, patterns and ris...

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Autores principales: Smith, Catherine M., Williams, Haydn, Jhass, Arnoupe, Patel, Selina, Crayton, Elise, Lorencatto, Fabiana, Michie, Susan, Hayward, Andrew C., Shallcross, Laura J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7301534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32552886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05422-z