(1) Centre for General Practice, University of Antwerp-UIA, Antwerp, Belgium;(2) Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Antwerp-UIA, Antwerp, Belgium
Abstract:
Background
Antibiotics are being overprescribed in ambulant care, especially for respiratory tract infections (RTIs). Gaining insight into the actual reasons for prescribing remains important for the design of effective strategies to optimise antibiotic prescribing. We aimed to determine items of importance for the antibiotic prescribing decision and to make them operational for an intervention trial.
