Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 8 , Pages 752-759 , August 2006

Reducing variation in antibacterial prescribing rates for ‘cough/cold’ and sore throat between 1993 and 2001: Regional analyses using the general practice research database

  • S. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Regional Surveillance Unit, Health Protection Agency West Midlands, Birmingham, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Regional Surveillance Unit, Health Protection Agency West Midlands, 9th Floor, Ladywood House, 45 Stephenson Street, Birmingham, B2 404, UK. Tel.: +4401216348757; fax: +4401216348776.
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  • G.E. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Regional Surveillance Unit, Health Protection Agency West Midlands, Birmingham, UK
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  • H. Heatlie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicines Management, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK
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  • J.N.R. Bashford

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicines Management, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK
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  • D.M. Ashcroft

      Affiliations

    • School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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  • N.Q. Verlander

      Affiliations

    • Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK
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  • G.J. Duckworth

      Affiliations

    • Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK
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  • B. Mason

      Affiliations

    • CDSC Wales, Roath, Cardiff, UK
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  • B. Smyth

      Affiliations

    • Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (NI), Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UK
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  • S. Maxwell

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University of Edinburgh, Queen's Medical Research Institute, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Received 9 March 2005 ,Revised 13 January 2006 ,Accepted 15 February 2006.

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PII: S0033-3506(06)00095-3

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.02.007

Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 8 , Pages 752-759 , August 2006

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