Provision of social norm feedback to high prescribers of antibiotics in general practice: A pragmatic national randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10029, 2016, Pages 1743-1752

  Hallsworth, Michael ^a,d   Chadborn, Tim ^b   Sallis, Anna ^b   Sanders, Michael ^a,e   Berry, Daniel ^c   Greaves, Felix ^b   Clements, Lara ^b   Davies, Sally C ^c  

^a Behavioural Insights Team   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENGLAND; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL NORM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORMATIVE FEEDBACK; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SOCIAL NORMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964432593     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00215-4     Document Type: Article

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