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

Author： Riou Françoise   Piette Christine   Durand Gérard   Chaperon Jacques  

Publisher： Royal College of General Practitioners

ISSN： 1478-5242

Source： British Journal of General Practice, Vol.57, Iss.540, 2007-07, pp. : 574-576

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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.

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