Determining the effect of pneumococcal vaccination on antibiotic prescriptions: is prescription sequence symmetry
Annabel F Niessen1, Annemarijn R de Boer2, Cornelis H van Werkhoven1
1Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Antibiotic consumptionImmunizationPneumococcal conjugate vaccinePrescription sequence symmetry analysisRespiratory tract infectionsMore Related Videos
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