ArticleScandinavian journal of primary health care2009
Prescribing behaviour after the introduction of decentralized drug budgets: is there an association with employer and type of care facility?
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- Pharmaceutical policies: effects of financial incentives for prescribers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
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- The impact of physician-level drug budgets on prescribing behavior.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2018Article
- Income differences in the type of antihypertensive medicines used in ambulatory settings in Finland: a register-based study.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2015Article
- GPs' negotiation strategies regarding sick leave for subjective health complaints.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2015Article
- Primary care physicians' adoption of new drugs is not associated with their clinical interests: a pharmacoepidemiologic study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2011Article
- Should hospital pharmacy drug budgets be the responsibility of each individual department in an institution, or should such budgets be controlled centrally by the pharmacy department?The Canadian journal of hospital pharmacy · 2010Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo analyse whether prescribing patterns changed after introduction of drug budgets and whether there is an association between drug prescribing patterns and the type of employer and care facility.
methodsData analysed encompassed information on dispensed medicines, by workplaces, prescribed in the Region Vastra Gotaland, Sweden, for the years 2003 and 2006. Workplaces (n = 969) were categorized according to type of employer and type of care facility. Five prescribing indicators reflecting goals for cost-containing prescribing in Region Vastra Gotaland were assessed. Changes over time and differences between different types of employer and care facility were analysed by Mann-Whitney tests.
resultsIn 2003, workplaces with a public employer had a significantly higher adherence to three of the prescribing indicators compared with private practitioners. Two of these differences remained in 2006. In 2003, none of the prescribing indicators differed between primary care and other care facilities. Three years later workplaces in primary care had a significantly higher adherence to three of the prescribing indicators than other care facilities. There was a statistically significant difference in change between 2003 and 2006 between primary care and other care facilities; there were no differences in change between workplaces with public and private employers.
conclusionsAdherence to three of the prescribing indicators increased after the introduction of decentralized drug budgets. Workplaces with a public employer showed greater adherence to two of the prescribing indicators than private sector workplaces.
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