Effect of physicians' knowledge on antibiotics rational use in China's county hospitals

Xiaodong Guan, Ye Tian, Jiafang Song, Dawei Zhu and Luwen Shi

Social Science & Medicine, 2019, vol. 224, issue C, 149-155

Abstract: Irrational prescriptions of antibiotics have received significant international attention. In China, previous studies have described the impact of physicians’ knowledge on antibiotic use, however, empirical studies of the relationship between physician knowledge and antibiotic prescription behavior are limited.

Keywords: Antibiotic; Rational use; Knowledge; County hospital; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.01.049

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