Measuring prescribing improvements in pragmatic trials of educational tools for general practitioners

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-252

  Maclure, Malcolm ^a,b   Nguyen, Anne ^c   Carney, Greg ^d   Dormuth, Colin ^b,d   Roelants, Hendrik ^e   Ho, Kendall ^f   Schneeweiss, Sebastian ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c LIONS GATE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Pfia Corporation   (Canada)

^e Office for Children and Youth   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

CALCULATION; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MONEY; MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CANADA; DRUG COSTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33645238096     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2006.pto_301.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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