Interventions to reduce childhood antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections: systematic review and meta-analysis

Yanhong Hu; John Walley; Roger Chou; Joseph D Tucker; Joseph I Harwell; Xinyin Wu; Jia Yin; Guanyang Zou; Xiaolin Wei

doi:10.1136/jech-2015-206543

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Interventions to reduce childhood antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Yanhong Hu The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong, China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John Walley Nuffield Centre for International Health, LIHS, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Roger Chou Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joseph D Tucker UNC Project-China, Guangzhou, China and International Diagnostics Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joseph I Harwell Clinton Health Access Initiative, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Xinyin Wu The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong, China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jia Yin The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong, China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Guanyang Zou China Global Health Research and Development, Shenzhen, China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Xiaolin Wei The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong, China China Global Health Research and Development, Shenzhen, China Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Xiaolin Wei, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Ontario, Canada M5T 3M7; xiaolin.wei{at}utoronto.ca

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Hu Y, Walley J, Chou R, et al

Interventions to reduce childhood antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections: systematic review and meta-analysis

J Epidemiol Community Health 2016;70:1162-1170.

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Received August 26, 2015
Revised May 16, 2016
Accepted May 31, 2016
First published June 20, 2016.

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November 10, 2016

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