Self-medication with antibiotics is a major contributing factor to antimicrobial resistance.
Prior research examining factors associated with antibiotic self-medication has focused on …

Background Overuse of antimicrobials is a challenging global issue that contributes to
antimicrobial resistance. Despite widespread awareness of the problem among members of …

System dynamics, as a methodology for analyzing and understanding various types of
systems, has been applied in research for several decades. We undertook a review to …

With the rapid growth of the elderly population of China in recent years, the service demands
of older Chinese people continue to increase. The increasingly severe situation with respect …

Background: We evaluated whether EPs® 7630 prescription in patients with acute sinusitis
(AS) is associated with less frequent recurrence of AS, occurrence of chronic sinusitis or …

An introduction is presented which discusses several articles within the issue on topics such
as psychological distress based within the context of family dynamics; a system dynamics …

Previous research suggests that the characteristics of both patients and physicians can
contribute to the overuse of antibiotics. Until now, patients' psychosocial characteristics have …

In this research, we broaden the scope of system dynamics formulations by building on a
previously proposed approach to bridge fuzzy logic with dynamic modeling. Our …

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund In der ambulanten Patientenversorgung in Deutschland
besteht bei Antibiotikaverordnungen für gängige Infektionskrankheiten …

Nonbacterial acute bronchitis leads to many outpatient clinic visits in the US that result in an
antibiotic prescription. Understanding antibiotic prescribing patterns and their clinical …