Physician responses to an educational intervention on improving their long-term prescribing of sedatives

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-222

  Sleath, Betsy ^a   Collins, Ted ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug utilization review; Non pharmacological therapies; Patient demand; Prescribing; Sedatives

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG UTILIZATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030739994     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(97)00029-3     Document Type: Article

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