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Results of a 12-month quality-circle prescribing improvement programme for GPs.

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: The impact of a quality-circle GP prescribing improvement programme, implemented in France in 2001-2002, was assessed by a controlled study. The study involved all 27 GPs of three semi-rural areas of Brittany, France. Practice data (overall prescribing cost and markers of prescribing efficiency) were collated in an intention-to-treat analysis, using the Mann-Whitney U test. Twenty-four GPs attended the meetings regularly. The reduction in drug expenditure exceeded the cost of the programme, although variations in size effects were observed among the settings.

Source: PubMed

Authors: Françoise Riou, Christine Piette, Gérard Durand, Jacques Chaperon

Institutions: Université Rennes 1, Université de Rennes

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare cost, quality, practices

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2097378639

FWCI: 0.573

Cites: 7

Cited by: 9

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