OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between diagnostic labeling of respiratory tract
infections (RTIs) and antibiotic prescription rates in family practice. DESIGN Descriptive …

Objective. To assess the accuracy of physician billing claims for identifying acute respiratory
infections in primary care. Study Setting. Nine primary care physician practices in Montreal …

To assess the accuracy of administrative claims data for measuring antibiotic prescribing
behavior, we conducted a stratified randomized medical record review of office visits by …

Antibiotic Use in Acute Respiratory Infections and the Ways Patients Pressure Physicians for a
Prescription - Document - Gale Academic OneFile Use this link to get back to this page. Copy …

Purpose To evaluate the indications, concurrence with prescribing guidelines and potential
necessity for antibiotic (AB) prescriptions written in community practice. Methods We …

To examine antimicrobial prescribing rates for viral respiratory tract infections by primary
care pediatricians in the greater Toronto area, charts were reviewed for the week of 17–21 …

* BACKGROUND In recent years much has been written about the overuse of antibiotics,
especially for common respiratory illnesses. One approach to this issue is the use of a back …

BACKGROUND: Antibiotics are often prescribed for viral respiratory infections. The goal of
our study was to determine the factors associated with antibiotic prescribing for acute …

Background. Antibiotics are over-prescribed for lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI). The
influence of clinicians' history and examination findings on antibiotic prescribing for LRTI has …

The purpose of this study was to examine the use of microbiologic reports by physicians in
prescribing antimicrobial agents in a community hospital setting. Patients were identified by …