General practitioners patterns of antimicrobial drugs prescription in the therapy of acute pharyngitis
| Autor: | Katić, Budak A, Culig J, Milica Katić, Ivanković D |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Post hoc Adolescent general practitioner acute pharyngitis Population education Acute Pharyngitis Drug Costs Medicine Humans Medical prescription Practice Patterns Physicians' Intensive care medicine Child Aged Retrospective Studies education.field_of_study Medical Audit business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Outcome measures Infant Newborn Infant Pharyngitis Middle Aged Antimicrobial Antimicrobial drug Anti-Bacterial Agents acute pharyngitis (antimicrobial drug prescription) Child Preschool Emergency medicine Acute Disease Female medicine.symptom business Family Practice |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE To analyse the patterns of antibiotic prescription in the treatment of acute pharyngitis among a group of general practitioners (GPs). DESIGN From the records of their patients, 11 specialists in general practice have collected post hoc data on their patients and on acute pharyngitis in the period from October 1, 1994 to September 30, 1995. SETTING 11 teaching practices in four health centres in Zagreb, Croatia. SUBJECTS GPs grouped according to whether they had pre-school children in their care. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The choice and cost of the prescribed antimicrobial drug, and the impact of the characteristics of the population in care to the prescription rate and structure. RESULTS An antimicrobial drug was prescribed in 784 (72.1%) cases of pharyngitis. Two groups of GPs have shown significant differences in the prescription rate (p < 0.001), and in the choice of antimicrobial drugs (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION GPs with a larger number of patients in their care suffering from chronic diseases tend to prescribe antimicrobial drugs more often in the treatment of acute pharyngitis. |
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