Why do children hospitalised with pneumonia not receive antibiotics in primary care?

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Published in Arch Dis Child on November 18, 2011

Authors

C C Grant1, A Harnden, D Mant, D Emery, G Coster

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Paediatrics, University of Auckland and Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand. cc.grant@auckland.ac.nz

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