Improving prescribing practices in primary care. A randomised trial and economic analysis of a multicomponent intervention showed small, but important, gains.

Subjects

Subjects :

Anticholesteremic Agents economics
Antihypertensive Agents economics
Attitude of Health Personnel
Cardiovascular Diseases etiology
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Drug Costs
Drug Prescriptions statistics & numerical data
Education, Medical, Continuing
Guideline Adherence statistics & numerical data
Humans
Information Dissemination
Norway
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Reminder Systems
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Anticholesteremic Agents therapeutic use
Antihypertensive Agents therapeutic use
Cardiovascular Diseases prevention & control
Practice Patterns, Physicians' standards
Practice Patterns, Physicians' statistics & numerical data
Primary Health Care

Details

Language :

English

ISSN :

1549-1676

Volume :

3

Issue :

6

Database :

MEDLINE

Journal :

PLoS medicine

Publication Type :

Academic Journal

Accession number :

16729845

Full Text :

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030229