Application of evidence-based prescribing indicators in primary care: A pilot

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-116

  Guptha, Sunku H ^a   Mittra, Ranabir ^a   Puthrasingam, Siva ^a   Johnson, Gina M ^b   Ellis, Chris D W ^b   Hill Smith, Ian ^b   Jackson, Stephen H D ^c  

^a LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Stopsley Group Practice   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical data; Clinical governance; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIGOXIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HORMONE; LONG ACTING DRUG; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID; SUCRALFATE; WARFARIN;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPEN STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 0142011106     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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