Primary care clinicians' perceptions of antibiotic resistance: a multi-country qualitative interview study.

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OBJECTIVES: To explore and compare primary care clinicians' perceptions of antibiotic resistance in relation to the management of community-acquired lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in contrasting European settings. METHODS: Qualitative interview study with 80 primary care clinicians in nine European countries. Data were subjected to a five-stage analytical framework approach (familiarization; developing a thematic framework from the interview questions and the themes emerging from t...

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Authors: Wood, F; Phillips, C; Brookes-Howell, L; Hood, K; Verheij, T

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
• Volume: 68
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 237-243
• Publication date: 2013-01-01
• DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks338
• EISSN: 1460-2091
• ISSN: 0305-7453
• Language: English
• Keywords: Respiratory Tract Infections; Humans; Physicians, Primary Care; Interviews as Topic; Adult; Middle Aged; Perception; Female; Europe; Male; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Primary Health Care; Attitude of Health Personnel; Community-Acquired Infections