Effects of an automated electronic reminder in changing the antiplatelet drug-prescribing behavior among Italian general practitioners in diabetic patients: An intervention trial

Diabetes Care

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1497-1500

  Filippi, Alessandro ^a   Sabatini, Andrea ^b   Badioli, Letizia ^b   Samani, Fabio ^a   Mazzaglia, Giampiero ^b   Catapano, Alberico ^c   Cricelli, Claudio ^a  

^a Italian College of General Practitioners   (Italy)

^b Health Search Database   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; ELECTRONICS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042669800     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.5.1497     Document Type: Article

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