The impact of a general practice group intervention on prescribing costs and patterns

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 476, 2002, Pages 181-186

  Walker, Jane ^a   Mathers, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commissioning; Feedback; Peer review; Pharmacist; Prescribing patterns; Primary care group

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEER REVIEW; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BUDGETS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; DRUGS, GENERIC; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0036191682     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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