General practitioners' opinions and perceptions about antibiotic use for respiratory tract infections in primary care

Affiliations

¹ University Rovira i Virgili, Jaume I Health Centre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Electronic address: anamaria.moragas@urv.cat.
² San Andrés Health Centre, Madrid, Spain.
³ Section of General Practice and Research Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Via Roma Health Centre, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Ana Moragas et al. Aten Primaria. 2019 Aug-Sep.

. 2019 Aug-Sep;51(7):460-461.

doi: 10.1016/j.aprim.2019.01.011. Epub 2019 Mar 26.

¹ University Rovira i Virgili, Jaume I Health Centre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Electronic address: anamaria.moragas@urv.cat.
² San Andrés Health Centre, Madrid, Spain.
³ Section of General Practice and Research Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Via Roma Health Centre, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Long-term effect of a practice-based intervention (HAPPY AUDIT) aimed at reducing antibiotic prescribing in patients with respiratory tract infections.
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