1333. A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Inappropriate Outpatient Antibiotic Use in Children Insured by Kentucky Medicaid

Datapoints: use of multiple psychotropic drugs by Medicaid-insured and privately insured children.

Dr. Martin, Dr. Stubbe, Dr. Scahill, and Dr. Leslie are affiliated u.;'ith the Yale Univers'itlj School of Medic'ine, 230 South Frontage Road, P.O. Box 207900, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-7900 (e-mail, [email protected]). Ms. Sherwin and Dr. Van Hoof are with Qualidigm in Middletown, Connecticut. Harold A. Pincus, M.D. and Terri L. Tanielian, M.A., are editor.s ofthis column. No publishe...

Outpatient antibiotic use in the four administrations of the UK: cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis.

OBJECTIVES We compared community antibiotic use in the four administrations of the UK with that in other European countries. PATIENTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional analysis of 24 European countries and UK administrations in 2005 with longitudinal analysis of data from Belgium and UK from 1997 was performed. Antibiotic use was measured as defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day (DID) ...

a gender-based pragmatic analysis of the use of english compliment responses by iraqi efl students:a speech act perspective

تعارفات کنش های گفتاری هستند که افراد در زندگی روزمر? خود به منظور برقراری دوستی یا تداوم روابط مسالمت آمیز به کار می برند. ساز و کار تعارف مختص زبان انگلیسی یا هر زبان دیگری نیست و پدیده ای است جهانی و در همه زبانها حضور دارد. تفاوتی که از این نظر در زبانها و فرهنگ ها وجود دارد مربوط به پاسخ به این کنش گفتاری در گفتمان است. این مطالعه به بررسی تنوع پاسخ های انگلیسی و عربی به کنش گفتاری تعارف د...

Recurrent Antibiotic Prescriptions in the Kentucky Medicaid Population

School Readiness Among Children Insured by Medicaid, South Carolina

INTRODUCTION The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a schedule of age-specific well-child visits through age 21 years. For children insured by Medicaid, these visits are called Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT). These visits are designed to promote physical, emotional, and cognitive health. Six visits are recommended for the first year of life, 3 for the seco...