@article{3163662,
    title = "Prescription of antibiotics and knowledge about antibiotic costs among
physicians working in tertiary-care hospitals",
    author = "Maltezou, Helena C. and Maltezos, Efstratios and Antoniadou, Anastasia and and Gourgoulis, Georgios-Michael and Katerelos, Panos and Adamis, and Georgios and Petrikkos, George and Gargalianos, Panagiotis",
    journal = "Journal of Chemotherapy",
    year = "2014",
    volume = "26",
    number = "6",
    pages = "375-378",
    publisher = "TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD LONDON",
    issn = "1120-009X, 1973-9478",
    doi = "10.1179/1973947813Y.0000000160",
    keywords = "Antibiotics; Brand name; Generic; Cost; Hospital; Physicians;
Prescription",
    abstract = "The objective of this study is to investigate antibiotic prescription
practices among hospital-based physicians in Greece, using the 2007
national guidelines as the golden standard. A total of 168 physicians
participated. Compliance rate with the first-line antibiotic treatment
recommended by the national guidelines was 65.5% for acute bacterial
sinusitis; 24% for acute uncomplicated cystitis; 36.4% for an acute
febrile diarrheic syndrome; 38% for an afebrile adult with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease and nonproductive cough of 7 days
duration; 23.2% for streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis; 55.1% for a
surgically sutured, dirty wound; and 48.2% for community-acquired
pneumonia. The total mean rate of compliance with the first recommended
antibiotic was 41.2%."
}