ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2005
Prescribing antibiotics for respiratory tract infections by GPs: management and prescriber characteristics.
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- Early-career general practitioners' antibiotic prescribing for acute infections: a systematic review.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2024Pooled it
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- Association between point-of-care CRP testing and antibiotic prescribing in respiratory tract infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis of primary care studies.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2013Pooled it
- The Effect of Expert Feedback on Antibiotic Prescribing in Pediatrics: Experimental Evidence.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2019Trial
- Evaluation of a web-based intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing for LRTI in six European countries: quantitative process analysis of the GRACE/INTRO randomised controlled trial.Implementation science : IS · 2013Trial
- Point-of-care C-reactive protein testing and antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections: a randomized controlled trial.Annals of family medicineTrial
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- Antibiotic prescriptions to preschool children with respiratory tract infections in primary healthcare.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2026Article
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- Factors influencing antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in primary care - a comparison of physicians with different antibiotic prescribing rates.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2024Article
- Why Do Physicians Prescribe Antibiotics? A Systematic Review of the Psycho-Socio-Organisational Factors Related to Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing of Antimicrobials in Europe.Infectious disease reports · 2024Review
- Antimicrobial Prescription Behavior in Equine Asthma Cases: An International Survey.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Antibiotic Treatment for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Primary Care: A Register-Based Study Examining the Role of Radiographic Imaging.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Antibacterial Effect of 16 Essential Oils and Modulation ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Epidemiology, Evolution of Antimicrobial Profile and Genomic Fingerprints ofLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Throat infections and use of streptococcal antigen test and antibiotic treatment in general practice; a web-based survey.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2022Article
- Factors Associated With Acceptance of Telehealth-Based Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Recommendations in a Community Hospital Health System.Open forum infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Time Trends and Factors Associated with Antibiotic Prescribing in Swiss Primary Care (2008 to 2020).Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundDue to clinical and non-clinical factors, considerable variation exists in the prescribing of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) by GPs based in the Netherlands.
aimTo assess, in patients with RTIs in Dutch general practice: the prescribing rates of antibiotics; the relationship between GP characteristics and antibiotic prescribing; and the type of antibiotics prescribed. DESIGN OF STUDY: Descriptive and prognostic.
settingEighty-four GPs in the middle region of the Netherlands.
methodAll patient consultations for RTIs were registered by 84 GPs during 3 weeks in autumn and winter 2001 and 2002. In addition, all GPs completed a questionnaire related to individual and practice characteristics.
resultsThe mean proportion of consultations in which GPs prescribed antibiotics was 33% (95% CI = 29 to 35%) of all RTIs. This proportion varied from 21% for patients with upper RTIs or an exacerbation of asthma/COPD, to about 70% when patients had sinusitis-like complaints or pneumonia. Amoxycillin and doxycycline were the most frequently prescribed antibiotics, while 17% of the antibiotics prescribed were macrolides. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the longer GPs had practised, the more frequently they prescribed antibiotics, especially in combination with relatively little knowledge about RTIs or the less time GPs felt they had available per patient. The final model, with seven factors, explained 29% of the variance of antibiotic prescribing.
conclusionThe prescribing behaviour of Dutch GPs might be improved with regard to choice of type and indication of antibiotics.
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