Prescriptions of antibiotics for children : prescribing habits of district, hospital, and private physicians
Engelsk titel: Prescriptions of antibiotics for children : prescribing habits of district, hospital, and private physicians
Författare:
Cars, Håkan
;
Håkansson, Anders
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 18
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 53950
Sammanfattning
The objective was to study how different categories of physicians prescribe antibiotics for children with respiratory tract infections. Three categories of physicians were studied: district, hospital, and private. They made 3047 prescriptions for one of the following groups of antibiotics: penicillin V, ampicillin derivatives, erythromycin or other macrolides, and peroral cephalosporins. District physicians use more penicillin V, and have a lower cost per prescription, than other physicians. This might be due to differing infectious disease panoramas, but can also reflect differences in practice and attitudes.