Healthy Skepticism Library item: 8167
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Publication type: Journal Article
Carbon C, Bax RP.
Regulating the use of antibiotics in the community.
BMJ 1998 Sep 5; 317:(7159):663-5
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/317/7159/663
Abstract:
An overview of the literature regarding the costs of antibiotic prescribing, the effects of regulatory and legislative attempts to control antibiotic prescribing, strategies for managing antimicrobial resistance as a public health and political issue, and the role of the pharmaceutical industry in developing new antibiotics is presented.
Keywords:
Anti-Bacterial Agents*/economics
Anti-Bacterial Agents*/therapeutic use
Community Health Services
Decision Making
Drug Costs
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Health Policy
Humans
Pharmacies
Public Health
Technology, Pharmaceutical
