Effectiveness of three interventions on primary care physicians' medication prescribing in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia.
East Mediterr Health J
; 17(2): 172-9, 2011 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-21735954
ABSTRACT
A number of strategies have been shown to improve the quality of drug prescriptions. The objective of this study was to implement and assess the effectiveness of 3 interventions on physicians' prescribing and cost containment training physicians about quality prescribing; regulatory and administrative measures to improve rational drug prescribing; and a multi-faceted approach using 2 these strategies plus additional elements. Three public health centres, 1 for each intervention, were randomly selected; 61 physicians were trained in drug prescribing and completed a pre- and post-training questionnaire; and 100 post-intervention prescriptions from each centre were compared. All 3 interventions effectively improved the quality of drug prescriptions and the notation of drug-related information and trainees returned positive evaluations of the training course. Whether or not physicians' improvement in prescribing will be sustained is unclear and therefore subsequent follow-up evaluations are needed.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Padrões de Prática Médica
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Educação Médica Continuada
/
Médicos de Atenção Primária
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
East Mediterr Health J
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Arábia Saudita