Continued high rates of antibiotic prescribing to adults with respiratory tract infection: survey of 568 UK general practices

Martin C Gulliford; Alex Dregan; Michael V Moore; Mark Ashworth; Tjeerd van Staa; Gerard McCann; Judith Charlton; Lucy Yardley; Paul Little; Lisa McDermott

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006245

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Continued high rates of antibiotic prescribing to adults with respiratory tract infection: survey of 568 UK general practices

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Martin C Gulliford King's College London, Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alex Dregan King's College London, Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael V Moore Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mark Ashworth King's College London, Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tjeerd van Staa Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Division, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, London, UKHealth eResearch Centre, Farr Institute for Health Informatics Research, University of Manchester, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gerard McCann Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Division, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Judith Charlton King's College London, Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lucy Yardley Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Paul Little Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lisa McDermott King's College London, Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Lisa McDermott; lisa.mcdermott{at}kcl.ac.uk

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Gulliford MC, Dregan A, Moore MV, et al

Continued high rates of antibiotic prescribing to adults with respiratory tract infection: survey of 568 UK general practices

BMJ Open 2014;4:e006245. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006245

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Received August 1, 2014
Revised September 18, 2014
Accepted October 7, 2014
First published October 27, 2014.

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