Search for dissertations about: "antibiotics utilization"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words antibiotics utilization.
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1. Monitoring anti-infectives and antibiotic resistance genes : with focus on analytical method development, effects of antibiotics and national perspectives
Abstract : Antibiotics are biologically active and are globally used in humans and animal medicine for treatment and in sub-therapeutic amounts as growth promoters in animal husbandry, aquaculture and agriculture. After excretion, inappropriate disposal and discharge from drug production facilities they enter into water bodies either as intact drugs, metabolites or transformed products. READ MORE
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2. Acute febrile illness, antibiotic use, and the role of diagnostics to target treatment in India
Abstract : Aim: This thesis examined the causes of acute febrile illness (AFI), the current use of antibiotics and diagnostics, and evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of C-Reactive Protein (CRP) to differentiate bacterial from non-bacterial causes of AFI in children and adult outpatients at R.D. Gardi Medical College hospital, in Ujjain, India. READ MORE
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3. Quality, costs and the role of primary health care
Abstract : The general aim of this thesis is to describe and analyse the role of primary care in health care systems in terms of health, health care utilisation and costs, and to study the feasibility of retrieval of data from computerised medical records to monitor medical quality.The thesis includes five studies, a systematic literature review, a register study of utilisation of hospital and primary care, a study based on data from computerised medical records of individual patients cost for primary care, and two studies of management of respiratory infections in primary care based on data from computerised medical records of twelve health centres. READ MORE
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4. Sex and gender aspects in drug utilization
Abstract : Drug prescribing is one of the most important processes in healthcare and drugs are also commonly used in the population. Drug use differs between men and women and descriptive reports of sex differences in drug use have been published with examples from different therapeutic areas. READ MORE
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5. Drug utilization studies as support to decisions in drug policy in Estonia
Abstract : The main purpose of the present studies was to describe the use of drugs in Estonia in an international perspective and to study factors determining changes in drug utilization. An important aim of evaluating drug utilization in Estonia was to use the data as a management instrument in areas where initiatives should be taken towards improved use of drugs. READ MORE