Antibiotic prescribing for pediatric respiratory infections: What explains a large variation among physicians?

Rachel McKay; David M. Patrick; Kimberlyn McGrail; Michael R. Law

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Antibiotic prescribing for pediatric respiratory infections

What explains a large variation among physicians?

Rachel McKay, David M. Patrick, Kimberlyn McGrail and Michael R. Law

Canadian Family Physician June 2019, 65 (6) e278-e291;

Rachel McKay

Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at McGill University in Montreal, Que.

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For correspondence: rachel.mckay@mail.mcgill.ca

David M. Patrick

Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and Medical Epidemiology Lead for Antimicrobial Resistance in the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

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Kimberlyn McGrail

Associate Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and in the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research at the University of British Columbia.

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Michael R. Law

Associate Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and in the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research at the University of British Columbia.

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Antibiotic prescribing for pediatric respiratory infections

Rachel McKay, David M. Patrick, Kimberlyn McGrail, Michael R. Law

Canadian Family Physician Jun 2019, 65 (6) e278-e291;