Effect of educational outreach on general practice prescribing of antibiotics and antidepressants: A two-year randomised controlled trialal.

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 195-201

  Enriquez Puga, Andres ^a   Baker, Richard ^a   Paul, Sanjoy ^b   Villoro Valdes, Renata ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuing; Education; Family practice; Medical; Physician's practice patterns

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; FLUOXETINE; LOFEPRAMINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CHILD; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOFEPRAMINE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUINOLONES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 72449151319     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813430903226530     Document Type: Article

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