Variation in formulary adherence in general practice over time (2003-2007)

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 624-631

  Van dijk, Liset ^a   de jong, Judith D ^a   Westert, Gert P ^b,c   de bakker, Dinny H ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Guideline adherence; Prescribing; Registration databases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; DRUG FORMULARY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FORMULARIES AS TOPIC; GENERAL PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 81855173483     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr043     Document Type: Article

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