Annals of family medicine
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Annals of family medicine · Jan 2013
Review Comparative StudyHow long does a cough last? Comparing patients' expectations with data from a systematic review of the literature.
We hypothesized that antibiotic overuse for acute cough illness (ACI) is in part due to a mismatch between patients' expectations and the natural history of ACI. ⋯ There is a mismatch between patients' expectations regarding the duration of ACI and the actual duration based on the best available evidence. Efforts to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use should target this discrepancy.
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Annals of family medicine · Jan 2013
Review Comparative StudyHow long does a cough last? Comparing patients' expectations with data from a systematic review of the literature.
We hypothesized that antibiotic overuse for acute cough illness (ACI) is in part due to a mismatch between patients' expectations and the natural history of ACI. ⋯ There is a mismatch between patients' expectations regarding the duration of ACI and the actual duration based on the best available evidence. Efforts to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use should target this discrepancy.