Infectious disease burden and antibiotic prescribing in primary care in Israel

• Main Authors: Marcelo Low (Author), Ronit Almog (Author), Ran D. Balicer (Author), Nicky Liberman (Author), Raul Raz (Author), Avi Peretz (Author), Orna Nitzan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Antibiotics are frequently prescribed at many of the visits to primary care clinics, often for conditions for which they provide no benefit, including viral respiratory tract infections. Objectives The aim was to evaluate primary care visits due to infectious diseases, and to est...