Access to Point-of-Care Tests Reduces the Prescription of Antibiotics Among Antibiotic-Requesting Subjects With Respiratory Tract Infections.

BACKGROUND: General practitioners (GPs) often feel uncomfortable when patients request an antibiotic when there is likely little benefit. This study evaluates the effect of access to point-of-care tests on decreasing the prescription of antibiotics in respiratory tract infections in subjects who exp...

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Publicado en:Respiratory Care Vol. 59; no. 12; pp. 1918 - 1924
Autores principales: Llor, Carl, Bjerrum, Lars, Munck, Anders, Cots, Josep M., Hernández, Silvia, Moragas, Ana
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Dec2014
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