Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of managing upper respiratory tract infections without antibiotics.

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Published in Implement Sci on August 03, 2007

Authors

Martin P Eccles1, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Marie Johnston, Nick Steen, Nigel B Pitts, Ruth Thomas, Elizabeth Glidewell, Graeme Maclennan, Debbie Bonetti, Anne Walker

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. martin.eccles@ncl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Providing Antibiotic Prescribing Feedback to Primary Care Physicians: The Ontario Program To Improve AntiMicrobial USE (OPTIMISE) | NCT03776383

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