Does a joint development and dissemination of multidisciplinary guidelines improve prescribing behaviour: A pre/post study with concurrent control group and a randomised trial

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Martens, Jody D ^a   Winkens, Ron A G ^a,b   Van Der Weijden, Trudy ^b,c   De Bruyn, Daisy ^a   Severens, Johan L ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITROFURANTOIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; ADULT; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 33750901795     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-145     Document Type: Article

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