BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH-INDIA, cilt.28, sa.17, ss.7546-7551, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)
Introduction: Despite the majority of these infections being viral, a high percentage are regarded as bacterial infection by physicians and treated unnecessarily with antibiotics. We aimed to compare changes in patient-physician behaviors and therapeutic approaches and costs with use of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTI) algorithms in primary care.