Mailed prescriber feedback in addition to a clinical guideline has no impact: A randomised, controlled trial

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-51

  Søndergaard, Jens ^a   Andersen, Morten ^a   Støvring, Henrik ^a   Kragstrup, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drug information services; Drug utilisation; Evaluationstudies; Family practice; Feedback; Physician's practice patterns; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DENMARK; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ETHICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTAL SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0344211470     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430310000564     Document Type: Article

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