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| Research article summary (published 8 Aug 1991): |
[Effect of feedback and self-evaluation on the prescription of addictive drugs]
(Effekt av tilbakemelding og selvevaluering på forskrivning av beroligende midler.)
Full Abstract
Prescribing of anti-anxiety benzodiazepines was registered in five one month periods in 1989 and 1990 in Moss, a medium-sized Norwegian town. The general practitioners received feed-back on their own prescribing habits and were offered an opportunity to meet colleagues in a self-evaluation group. The results indicate that GPs are influenced by such feed-back, since a reduction in the amount of defined daily doses prescribed was registered. The reduction was mainly a consequence of a change to prescribing a smaller number of pills on each occasion. The authors anticipated a potential reduction in prescribing to elderly persons, but in fact found a substantial reduction in the prescribing of anti-anxiety drugs to young men (with a potential problem of misuse).
Author information
Author/s: Bjerke, E (E); Aga, J (J); Bjørndal, A (A);
Affiliation: Avdeling for Samfunnsmedisin, Statens Institutt for Folkehelse, Oslo.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: English Abstract; Journal Article
Journal: Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række (Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen), published in NORWAY. (Language: nor)
Reference: 1991-Aug; vol 111 (issue 18) : pp 2246-8
Dates: Created 1991/10/21; Completed 1991/10/21; Revised 2008/11/21;
PMID: 1680250, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)
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Comments and Corrections
CommentIn: Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1991 Sep 20;111(22):2775. (PMID: 1948874)
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Associated Chemicals: Anti-Anxiety Agents (0) ; Benzodiazepines (12794-10-4)Related articles
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