Effectiveness of the combination of feedback and educational recommendations for improving drug prescription in general practice

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 643-648

  Madridejos Mora, Rosa ^a,b   Amado Guirado, Ester ^a   Pérez Rodríguez, M Teresa ^a  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b CAP Sant Cugat   (Spain)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Feedback; Individual education; Prescribing; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPAIN; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 3142689786     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000129495.43422.58     Document Type: Article

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