Pharmacotherapeutic circles: Results of an 18-month peer-review prescribing-improvement programme for general practitioners

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-283

  Von Ferber, Liselotte ^a   Bausch, Jürgen ^b   Köster, Ingrid ^a   Schubert, Ingrid ^a   Ihle, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Assoc of Statutory Hlth Ins Phys   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG CONTROL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH ECONOMICS; PATIENT CARE; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

COST CONTROL; DRUG THERAPY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT QUALITY CIRCLES; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 0032827356     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-199916030-00004     Document Type: Article

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