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April 16, 2024Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health CareOpen Access

Factors influencing antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in primary care – a comparison of physicians with different antibiotic prescribing rates

Olof Cronberg Mia Tyrstrup Kim Ekblom Katarina Hedin

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Abstract

There has been a notable decrease in antibiotic prescribing in the last thirty years in Sweden. Little is known about factors influencing antibiotic prescribing over several years.

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Cronberg et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6ee25b6db643587669682 https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2024.2332757

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