Overuse of antibiotics for the common cold – attitudes and behaviors among doctors in rural areas of Shandong Province, China

Qiang Sun1, Oliver J. Dyar2, Lingbo Zhao1, Göran Tomson3,4, Lennart Nilsson5, Malin Grape6, Yanyan Song7, Yan Liu8, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg9
1Center for Health Management and Policy, Key Lab of Health Economics and Policy Research of Ministry of Health, Shandong University, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, China
2Medical Education Centre, North Devon District Hospital, Raleigh Park, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 4JB, UK
3Medical Management Centre (MMC), Ethics Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden
4Department of Public Health Sciences, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management, Tomtebodavägen 18 A
5Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, 581 85, Linköping, Sweden
6Antibiotics and Infection Control Unit, Public Health Agency of Sweden, 17182, Solna, Sweden
7School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China
8Jinan Central Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, 250013, China
9Department of Public Health Sciences, Global Health (IHCAR), Tomtebodavägen 18 A, Karolinska Institutet, 1771 77, Stockholm, Sweden

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