Physicians' antibiotic prescribing behavior in Taiwan, 1998-2011

Usman Iqbal; Shabbir Syed-Abdul; Phung Anh Nguyen; Wen Shan Jian; Yu Chuan Li

doi:10.1093/cid/civ038

Physicians' antibiotic prescribing behavior in Taiwan, 1998-2011

Usman Iqbal, Shabbir Syed-Abdul, Phung Anh Nguyen, Wen Shan Jian, Yu Chuan Li^*

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To the Editor—Imprudent prescribing of antibiotics for acute bronchitis is of great concern in Taiwan [1] as in the United States [2]. We were interested to see whether the policy implications for antibiotic prescription would influence Taiwanese physicians' prescribing behavior in the following years.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1439-1441
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	60
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ038
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Physicians' antibiotic prescribing behavior in Taiwan, 1998-2011

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