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Jan 1, 2006

Ruling Out the Need for Antibiotics: Are We Sending the Right Message?

This paper examines the relationships among physician- parent communication practices, physicians' perceptions of parental expectations for antibiotic treatment, and inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for viral upper respiratory tract infections.
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Aug 1, 2005

Measuring the Quality of Antibiotic Prescribing for Upper Respiratory Infections and Bronchitis in 5 U.S. Health Plans

To develop and test the validity of a quality-of-care performance measure that examines antibiotic prescribing rates in children diagnosed as having upper respiratory infection (URI) or bronchitis.
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Jan 1, 2004

Racial/ethnic Variation in Parent Expectations for Antibiotics: Implications for Public Health Campaigns

Widespread overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics are a major public health concern.
Research

Jan 1, 2003

Online Commentary During the Physical Examination: A Communication Tool for Avoiding Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing?

Online commentary is physician talk that describes what he/she is seeing, feeling, or hearing during the physical examination of the patient.
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Jan 1, 2003

Why Do Physicians Think Parents Expect Antibiotics? What Parents Report Vs What Physicians Believe

Revealed an incongruity between parents' reported expectations, their communication behaviors, and physicians' perceptions of parents' expectations.
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Jan 1, 2002

An Observational Study of Antibiotic Prescribing Behavior and the Hawthorne Effect

Observational study procedures including questionnaires and audio recording can affect antibiotic prescribing behavior.
Research

Jan 1, 2001

Parent Expectations for Antibiotics, Physician-Parent Communication, and Satisfaction

Physicians should consider providing a contingency plan to parents who expect antibiotics for their children when there is no clinical indication.
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Jan 1, 1983

"A Few Green Islands of Intelligent Activity": The History of Medical and Societal Attitudes Toward Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Most of this essay is devoted to an historical overview of changing medical and societal attitudes toward the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in patients.

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Ruling Out the Need for Antibiotics: Are We Sending the Right Message?

Measuring the Quality of Antibiotic Prescribing for Upper Respiratory Infections and Bronchitis in 5 U.S. Health Plans

Racial/ethnic Variation in Parent Expectations for Antibiotics: Implications for Public Health Campaigns

Online Commentary During the Physical Examination: A Communication Tool for Avoiding Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing?

Why Do Physicians Think Parents Expect Antibiotics? What Parents Report Vs What Physicians Believe

An Observational Study of Antibiotic Prescribing Behavior and the Hawthorne Effect

Parent Expectations for Antibiotics, Physician-Parent Communication, and Satisfaction

"A Few Green Islands of Intelligent Activity": The History of Medical and Societal Attitudes Toward Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Ruling Out the Need for Antibiotics: Are We Sending the Right Message?

Measuring the Quality of Antibiotic Prescribing for Upper Respiratory Infections and Bronchitis in 5 U.S. Health Plans

Racial/ethnic Variation in Parent Expectations for Antibiotics: Implications for Public Health Campaigns

Online Commentary During the Physical Examination: A Communication Tool for Avoiding Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing?

Why Do Physicians Think Parents Expect Antibiotics? What Parents Report Vs What Physicians Believe

An Observational Study of Antibiotic Prescribing Behavior and the Hawthorne Effect

Parent Expectations for Antibiotics, Physician-Parent Communication, and Satisfaction

"A Few Green Islands of Intelligent Activity": The History of Medical and Societal Attitudes Toward Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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