Quality circles to improve prescribing of primary care physicians. Three comparative studies

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 763-769

  Wensing, Michel ^a,b   Broge, Björn ^c   Riens, Burgi ^c   Kaufmann Kolle, Petra ^c   Akkermans, Reinier ^a   Grol, Richard ^a   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c AQUA Institute for Applied Quality Improvement and Research in Health Care   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health services research; Prescribing patterns; Primary care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; GENERIC DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CIRCLE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL TRIALS DATA MONITORING COMMITTEES; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG COSTS; DRUGS, GENERIC; GERMANY; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT QUALITY CIRCLES; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70450188063     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1778     Document Type: Article

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